Evaluation of alkaline phosphatase immunoassay comparison with other diagnostic methods in areas of low transmission of schistosomiasis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 69-78

  Alarcon De Noya B ^a   Cesari, I M ^c   Losada, S ^a   Colmenares, C ^a   Balzan C ^c   Hoebeke, J ^b   Noya, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase immunoassay; Immunodiagnosis; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; HUMANS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; VENEZUELA;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0342618778     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00032-6     Document Type: Article

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