An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using Schistosoma mansoni purified egg antigen for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis in Saudi Arabia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-289

  Ghandour, A M ^a   Tricker, K ^b   Doenhoff, M J ^c   Al Robai, A A ^d   Banaja, A A ^d  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Saudi Arabia; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URINALYSIS;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0030947729     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90078-X     Document Type: Article

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