Potential for diagnosis of intestinal nematode infections through antibody detection in saliva

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 526-530

  Needham, C S ^a   Lillywhite, J E ^a   Beasley, N M R ^a   Didier, J M ^b   Kihamia, C M ^c   Bundy, D A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Victoria Hospital   (Saint Lucia)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Diagnosis; Hookworm; IgG antibody; Saliva; Trichuris trichiura

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; FEMALE; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVA; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICHURIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; LUCIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 0029858325     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90306-5     Document Type: Article

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