Elisa test for the diagnosis of cysticercosis in pigs using antigens of Taenia solium and Taenia crassiceps cysticerci

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 71-79

  Pinto, Paulo Sérgio de Arruda ^a   Vaz, Adelaide José ^b   Germano, Pedro Manuel Leal ^b   Nakamura, Paulo Mutuko ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antigens; Elisa, taenia crassiceps; Immunologic diagnosis; Standardization; Swine cysticercosis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS REACTION; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; STANDARD; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS REACTIONS; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0034154724     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652000000200003     Document Type: Article

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