Human lung fluke Paragonimus heterotremus: Differential diagnosis between Paragonimus heterotremus and Paragonimus westermani infections by EITB

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-56

  Dekumyoy, P ^a   Waikagul, J ^a   Eom, K S ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adult worm antigens of P. heterotremus; Immunoblot; P. westermani infected sera

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUNG INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TREMATODE; TRICHURIS;

EID: 0031892815     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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