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Association of some HLA-DRB1 antigens with Echinococcus granulosus specific humoral immune response.
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology - 1 Apr 2004
Azab Magda E, Bishara Sawsan A, Helmy Hanan, Oteifa Nihad M, El-Hoseiny Laila M, Ramzy Reda M, Ahmed Mona A
Abstract excerpt
An ELISA system using crude camel hydatid fluid antigen was used to detect specific IgG and IgG1 in sera of 35 cystic echinococcosis (CE) patients in whom the distribution of class II HLA-DR3 and HLA-DR11 was determined. The recorded sensitivities were 88.6 % and 94.35 % for IgG and IgG1 respectively. In patients with high humoral immune response a statistically highly significant increased frequency of HLA-DR3...
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