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Human immune responses to infective stage larval-specific chitinase of filarial parasite, Onchocerca volvulus, Ov-CHI-1.

BACKGROUND: Ov-CHI-1 is a chitinase specifically expressed in the infective stage larvae of the human filarial parasite Onchocerca volvulus. Evidence has show that it could be a vaccine candidate, however, there is no data available regarding the immunological status of people naturally exposed to i...

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Autores principales: Wu, Yang, Egerton, Gillian, McCarthy, James S, Nutman, Thomas B, Bianco, Albert E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC153484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12685941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2883-2-6