Serodiagnosis of ascariasis with specific IgG4 antibody and its use in an epidemiological study

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 289-292

  Santra, Amal ^a   Bhattacharya, Tanusree ^b   Chowdhury, Abhijit ^a   Ghosh, A ^a   Ghosh, N ^a   Chatterjee, B P ^b   Guha Mazumder, D N ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Ascariasis; Ascaris lumbricoides; Diagnosis; ELISA; IgG4; India

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLOOD; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035346407     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90236-6     Document Type: Article

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