Production and immunological characterization of a recombinant subunit of a Loa loa polyprotein antigen

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1119-1128

  Azzibrouck, G Blampain ^a,b   Akue, J P ^a   Lenoble, D Richard ^b  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Filaria; IgG subclass; Loa loa; Nematode; Polyprotein; Recombinant antigen

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; PARASITE ANTIGEN; POLYPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNIZATION; LOA LOA; LOIASIS; MOUSE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; LOA; LOIASIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

FILARIA; LOA LOA; MUS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PROKARYOTA; VERMES; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 77953620708     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009991740     Document Type: Article

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