Limitations of current diagnostic procedures for the diagnosis of Taenia solium cysticercosis in rural pigs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 299-313

  Sciutto, E ^a   Martinez J J ^b   Villalobos, N M ^b   Hernandez M ^a   Jose M V ^a   Beltran C ^a   Rodarte, F ^b   Flores, I ^b   Bobadilla, J R ^a   Fragoso, G ^a   Parkhouse, M E ^c   Harrison, L J S ^d   De Aluja, A S ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic procedures; Immunology; Porcine cysticercosis; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; SWINE DISEASE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MEXICO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RURAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA;

EID: 0345451552     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00180-0     Document Type: Article

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