Human antibody responses to Schistosoma mansoni: does antigen directed, isotype restriction result in the production of blocking antibodies?
After treatment young Kenyan schoolchildren are highly susceptible to reinfection with Schistosoma mansoni. Older children and adults are resistant to reinfection. There is no evidence that this age related resistance is due to a slow development of protective immunological mechanisms, rather, it ap...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
1987-01-01
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Series: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. |
Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761987000800016 |