Characterization of the 8-kilodalton antigens of Taenia solium metacestodes and evaluation of their use in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for serodiagnosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2577-2586

  Hancock, Kathy ^a   Khan, Azra ^a   Williams, Fatima B ^a   Yushak, Melinda L ^a   Pattabhi, Sowmya ^a   Noh, John ^a   Tsang, Victor C W ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LENTIL; MOLECULAR SIZE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; TAENIA SOLIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CESTODA; LENS CULINARIS; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0038180541     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2577-2586.2003     Document Type: Article

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