Serological diagnosis of human cysticercosis by use of recombinant antigens from Taenia solium cysticerci

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 479-482

  Hubert, Kerstin ^a   Andriantsimahavandy, Abel ^b   Michault, Alain ^c   Frosch, Matthias ^a   Mühlschlegel, Fritz A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^c Regional Hospital of Saint Pierre   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; ECHINOCOCCUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0032771127     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.4.479-482.1999     Document Type: Article

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