Antibody responses against Em18 and Em16 serodiagnostic markers in alveolar and cystic echinococcosis patients from Northwest China

Japanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-26

  Ito, Akira ^a   Wen, Hao ^b,c   Craig, Philip S ^b   Ma, Liang ^a,d   Nakao, Minoru ^e   Horii, Toshihiro ^f   Pang, Xin Li ^f   Okamoto, Munehiro ^g   Itoh, Makoto ^h   Osawa, Yosuke ^a   Wang, Xiao Gen ^d   Liu, Yue Han ^d  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Xinjiang Medical College   (China)

^d CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^h NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; MARKER; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG HYDATID CYST; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 8244260087     PISSN: 00215112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken1952.50.19     Document Type: Article

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