A Comparative Study on IgG-ELISA, IgM-IFT and Kato-Katz Methods for Epidemiological Purposes in a Low Endemic Area for Schistosomiasis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 93 SUPPL. 1, Issue , 1998, Pages 279-282

  Da Silva, Rita Maria ^a   Kanamura, Herminia Y ^b   Camargo, Eide D ^a   Chiodelli, Silvia G ^a   Nakamura, Paulo M ^a   Gargioni, Cybele ^a   Vellosa, Sylvia A G ^a   Antunes, José L F ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ELISA; Low endemic area; Schistosoma mansoni; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BRAZIL; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0032254372     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761998000700054     Document Type: Article

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