Recombinant antigens of Echinococcus granulosus recognized by IgE and IgG4 of sera from patients with cystic echinococcosis

Parassitologia. 2004 Dec;46(4):435-6.

Authors

E Ortona¹, P Margutti, F Delunardo, R Riganò, E Profumo, B Buttari, A Teggi, A Siracusano

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 16044711

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Antibodies, Helminth / blood
Antibodies, Helminth / immunology*
Antibody Specificity
Antigens, Helminth / genetics
Antigens, Helminth / immunology*
DNA, Complementary / genetics
DNA, Helminth / genetics
Echinococcosis / blood
Echinococcosis / complications
Echinococcosis / immunology*
Echinococcus granulosus / genetics
Echinococcus granulosus / immunology*
Helminth Proteins / genetics
Helminth Proteins / immunology
Humans
Hypersensitivity / etiology
Hypersensitivity / immunology
Immunoglobulin E / blood
Immunoglobulin E / immunology*
Immunoglobulin G / blood
Immunoglobulin G / immunology*
Recombinant Fusion Proteins / immunology

Substances

Antibodies, Helminth
Antigens, Helminth
DNA, Complementary
DNA, Helminth
Helminth Proteins
Immunoglobulin G
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
Immunoglobulin E