Evaluation of a monoclonal antibody-based sandwich-ELISA for detection of circulating Schistosoma japonicum antigen (Sj31/32) in an endemic area of China

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 847-850

  Li, Yong Long ^a   Liu, Shu Yao ^b   Han, Jia Jung ^a   Ning, Cheng Xiu ^a   Ruppel, Andreas ^b,c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Institut für Tropenhygiene   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; ELISA; S. japonicum

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

JAPONICA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA;

EID: 0030448402     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1996.tb00120.x     Document Type: Article

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