Toxocaral larva migrans: The use of larval secretory antigens in haemagglutination and soluble antigen fluorescent antibody tests

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1977, Pages 501-507

  De Savigny, D H ^a   Tizard, I R ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; RABBIT; TOXOCARA; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMAN; LARVA; LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL; RABBITS; TOXOCARA;

EID: 0017678784     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(77)90144-4     Document Type: Article

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