Serological assays on eight cases of human dirofilariasis identified by morphology and DNA diagnostics

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-152

  Cancrini, G ^a   Prieto, G ^b   Favia, G ^a   Giannetto, S ^c   Tringali, R ^d   Pietrobelli, M ^e   Simon F ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d Università di Padova ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; MARKER; POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIAN; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA REPENS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0032766383     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989958627     Document Type: Article

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