Application of immunodiagnostic assays: Detection of antibodies and circulating antigens in human schistosomiasis and correlation with clinical findings

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 960-966

  Al Sherbiny, Maged M ^a   Osman, Ahmed M ^a   Hancock, Kathy ^b   Deelder, Andre M ^c   Tsang, Victor C W ^b  

^a Biomed Res Ctr for Infect Dis   (Egypt)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0032985267     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.960     Document Type: Article

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