Evaluation of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with affinity-purified Em18 and an ELISA with recombinant Em18 for differential diagnosis of alveolar echinococcosis: Results of a blind test

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 4161-4165

  Ito, Akira ^a   Xiao, Ning ^a   Liance, Martine ^a   Sato, Marcello O ^a   Sako, Yasuhito ^a   Mamuti, Wulamu ^a   Ishikawa, Yuji ^a   Nakao, Minoru ^a   Yamasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Nakaya, Kazuhiro ^a   Bardonnet, Karine ^a   Bresson Hadni, Solange ^a   Vuitton, Dominique A ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN EM18; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS;

EID: 0036841492     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.4161-4165.2002     Document Type: Article

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