Characterization and optimization of bovine Echinococcus granulosus cyst fluid to be used in immunodiagnosis of hydatid disease by Elisa

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 255-262

  Irabuena, Oscar ^a   Nieto, Alberto ^b   Ferreira, Ana María ^b   Battistoni, Julio ^b   Ferragut, Gabriela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Bovine hydatid cyst fluid; Echinococcus granulosus; Hydatidosis; Immunodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; EPITOPE; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CYST FLUID; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CYST FLUID; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; HUMANS; POLYSTYRENES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034267861     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652000000500004     Document Type: Article

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