Blastocystis specific serum immunoglobulin in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) versus healthy controls

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Nagel, Robyn ^a,c   Traub, Rebecca J ^a,b   Kwan, Marcella M S ^a   Bielefeldt Ohmann, Helle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Toowoomba Clinical Library   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blastocystis; Immunoglobulin A; Irritable bowel syndrome; Western blotting, proteases

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GELATINASE B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RIBOSOME DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIARRHEA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; ZYMOGRAPHY; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMPLICATION; FECES; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PARASITOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SERUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER STATE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FECES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; NEW ZEALAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SERUM;

EID: 84941784362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-1069-x     Document Type: Article

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