Ultrasonographic and serologic studies of experimental cysticercosis in rats infected with Taenia taeniaeformis

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 105-110

  Ito, Akira ^a   Sakakibara, Yoshimi ^b   Ma, Liang ^a   Asano, Kazuhito ^c   Takiguchi, Mitsuyoshi ^b   Yasuda, Jun ^b   Hashimoto, Akira ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Echinococcosis; IgG; IgG subclass; IgM; Immunoblot; Metacestode; Oncosphere; Serodiagnosis; Taeniat taeniaeformis; Ultrasonogrpahy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERODIAGNOSIS; TAENIA TAENIAEFORMIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CYSTICERCOSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; RATS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TAENIA;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; TAENIA TAENIAEFORMIS;

EID: 0031887587     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1998.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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