The evaluation of the 29 and 31 kDa antigens in female Angiostrongylus cantonensis for serodiagnosis of human angiostrongyliasis

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 291-296

  Nuamtanong, Supaporn ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NEMATODIASIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030154320     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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