Frequency of serum anti-cysticercus antibodies in the population of a rural Brazilian community (Cássia Dos Coqueiros, SP) determined by Elisa and immunoblotting using Taenia crassiceps antigens

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-12

  Bragazza, Lúcia M ^a,b   Vaz, Adelaide ^b   Passos, Afonso D C ^b   Takayanagui, Osvaldo M ^b   Nakamura, Paulo M ^c   Espíndola, Noeli M ^b   Pardini, Alessandra ^b   Bueno, Ednéia C ^b  

^a PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Immunologic tests; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TAENIA;

EID: 0036359724     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652002000100002     Document Type: Article

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