Detection of circulating antigens and antibodies in Toxocara canis infection among children in Chengdu, China

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 252-256

  Luo, Zhong Jin ^a   Wang, Guang Xi ^a   Yang, Chong Li ^a   Luo, Chun Hua ^a   Cheng, Sheng Wen ^a   Liao, Ling ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHINA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032973499     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285628     Document Type: Article

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