An Enzyme-Linked Immunoelectrotransfer Blot Assay and Glycoprotein Antigens for Diagnosing Human Cysticercosis (Taenia Solium)

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 50-59

  Tsang, Victor C W ^a   Brand, Joy A ^a   Boyer, Anne E ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CESTODE; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLYCOPROTEIN ANTIGEN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMAL; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CROSS REACTIONS; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAENIA;

EID: 0024501453     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/159.1.50     Document Type: Article

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