Polypropylene fibre web, a new matrix for sampling blood for immunodiagnosis of schistosomiasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 412-415

  Jamaly, S ^a   Chihani, T ^b   Deelder, A M ^c   Gabone, R ^d   Nilsson, L A ^a,e   Ouchterlony, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Mölnlycke Research AB   (Sweden)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Institute for Medical Research   (Tanzania)

^e Dept Med Microbiol and Immunol ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Circulating anodic antigen; Circulating cathodic antigen; Polypropylene non woven fibre web; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis; Serodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; POLYPROPYLENE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FILTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0030765244     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90260-1     Document Type: Article

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