Relating serum circulating anodic antigens to faecal egg counts in Schistosoma mansoni infections: A modelling approach

Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 601-610

  Polman, K ^a,b,c   De Vlas, S J ^b   Gryseels, B ^c   Deelder, A M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CAA; Egg counts; Monte Carlo simulation model; Schistosoma mansoni; Worm load distribution

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BURUNDI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; FECES; GLYCOPROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

ANIMALIA; RICKETTSIALES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; ZEROS;

EID: 0034534189     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000006843     Document Type: Article

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