ELISA and immunoblot using purified glycoproteins for serodiagnosis of cysticercosis in pigs naturally infected with Taenia solium

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 363-365

  Ito, A ^a   Plancarte, A ^b   Nakao, M ^a   Nakaya, K ^a   Ikejima, T ^c   Piao, Z X ^c   Kanazawa, T ^d   Margono, S S ^e  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Central Hospital of Changchun   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SWINE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; SUS SCROFA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0033430962     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X9900061X     Document Type: Article

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