Evaluation of Em18-, Em16-, Antigen B-Western blots, Em2(plus)-ELISA and four other tests for differential serodiagnosis of alveolar and cystic echinococcosis patients in Poland

Parasitology International

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-99

  Ito, Akira ^a   Ma, Liang ^a   Paul, Malgorzata ^b   Stefaniak, Jerzy ^b   Pawlowski, Zbigniew S ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alveolar echinococcosis; Antigen B Western blot; Cystic echinococcosis; Em18 Western blot; Em2(plus) ELISA; Poland

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0032103703     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(98)00010-5     Document Type: Article

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