Efficacy of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in the diagnosis of and serologic distinction between acute and chronic Schistosoma mansoni infection

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 358-362

  Valli, Luiz Carlos P ^a   Kanamura, Herminia Y ^b   Da Silva, Rita Maria ^c   Silva, Maria Ivani P G ^c   Vellosa, Sylvia A G ^c   Garcia, Eliane T ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Adolfo Lutz ^*  (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0030885617     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.358     Document Type: Article

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