Immunoblot with cerebrospinal fluid from patients with neurocysticercosis using antigen from cysticerci of Taenia solium and Taenia crassiceps

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 354-357

  Vaz, Adelaide J ^a   Nunes, Celia M ^b   Piazza, Roxane M F ^b   Livramento, Jose A ^c   Da Silva, Marcos V ^d   Nakamura, Paulo M ^e   Ferreira, A Walter ^c  

^a Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CESTODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; TAENIA SOLIUM;

CESTODA; SUS SCROFA; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0030885440     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.354     Document Type: Article

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