Elisa and Western Blotting tests in the detection of IgG antibodies to Taenia solium metacestodes in serum samples in human neurocysticercosis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 443-449

  Shiguekawa, Kely Yoshiko Martins ^a   Mineo, José Roberto ^a   De Moura, Leandro Pajuaba ^a   Costa Cruz, Julia Maria ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b Microbiologia e Parasitologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Diagnosis; ELISA, Taenia solium; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MERCAPTOETHANOL; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TAENIA SOLIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAENIA;

CESTODA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0033940854     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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