Diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis by indirect disease markers: Determination of eosinophil cationic protein, neopterin and IgA in vaginal fluid and swab eluates

Acta Tropica

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 269-280

  Poggensee, Gabriele ^a,k,l   Reimert, Claus Michael ^b   Nilsson, Lars Ake ^c   Jamaly, Shabbar ^c   Sjastad, Aimee ^d   Roald, Borghild ^d   Kjetland, Eyrun Floerecke ^d   Helling Giese, Gertrud ^e,f   Richter, Joachim ^a   Chitsulo, Lester ^g   Kumwenda, Newton ^g   Gundersen, Svein Gunnar ^d   Krantz, Ingela ^h,i   Feldmeier, Hermann ^j  

^a Institute of Tropical Medicine   (Germany)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e Frauenklinik Finkenau   (Germany)

^f BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^g Ministry of Health and Environmental Affairs   (Malawi)

^h NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^j FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^k Institute of Tropical Medicine   (Germany)

^l KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

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Author keywords

diagnosis; eosinophil cationic protein; female genital schistosomiasis; immunohistochemistry; indirect disease markers; neopterin; vaginal fluid iga; women

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; VAGINA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; BIOPTERIN; BLOOD PROTEINS; CERVIX UTERI; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPTERIN; OVUM; RIBONUCLEASES; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TAMPONS, SURGICAL; VAGINA; VULVA;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 0030607737     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00028-9     Document Type: Article

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