A combination of two Brugia malayi filarial vaccine candidate antigens (BmALT-2 and BmVAH) enhances immune responses and protection in jirds

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 442-452

  Anand, S B ^a   Kodumudi, K N ^b   Reddy, M V ^b   Kaliraj, P ^c  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANT LARVAL TRANSCRIPT 2; DNA VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 5; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESPID ALLERGEN HOMOLOG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DEPENDENT CELLULAR CYTOTOXICITY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; BRUGIAN FILARIASIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DNA IMMUNIZATION; FEMALE; GERBIL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LARVA; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PROVOCATION TEST; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BRUGIA MALAYI; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; GERBILLINAE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; VACCINES, DNA;

BRUGIA MALAYI; MERIONES;

EID: 80655144721     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X10000799     Document Type: Article

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