Evaluation of an antigen from Taenia crassiceps cysticercus for the serodiagnosis of neurocysticercosis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 159-168

  Peralta, Regina H S ^a   Vaz, Adelaide J ^b   Pardini, Alessandra ^b   Macedo, Heloísa W ^a   Machado, Luis R ^b   De Simone, Salvatori G ^c   Peralta, José M ^d  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Glycoproteins; Neurocysticercosis; Serodiagnosis; Taenia crassiceps

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GLYCOPROTEIN;

DISEASE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PARASITOSIS; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; TAENIA;

TAENIA; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0036098110     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(02)00092-X     Document Type: Article

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