Schistosoma mansoni heat shock protein 70 elicits an early humoral immune response in S. mansoni infected baboons

A study was undertaken to search for DNA recombinant Schistosoma mansoni proteins responsible for eliciting an antibody response from the host at a very early phase after infection. A S. mansoni adult worm cDNA expression library was screened using pooled sera from baboons with four weeks of infecti...

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Main Authors: Herminia Y Kanamura, Kathy Hancock, Vanderlei Rodrigues, Raymond T Damian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2002-07-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762002000500022