Prevalence of antibodies to unique Taenia solium oncosphere antigens in taeniasis and human and porcine cysticercosis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 438-444

  Verastegui, Manuela ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^b   Garcia, Hector H ^c   Gonzalez, Armando E ^d   Arana, Yanina ^a   Jeri, Cesar ^a   Tuero, Iskra ^a   Gavidia, Cesar M ^d   Levine, Min ^e   Tsang, Victor C W ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NEUROLÓGICAS   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONCHOSPHERE ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CYSTICERCOSIS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METACESTODE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONCHOSPHERE; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE CYSTICERCOSIS; SWINE DISEASE; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS; ADULT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CROSS REACTION; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PERU; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CESTODA; CRICETINAE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CRICETINAE; CROSS REACTIONS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PERU; PREVALENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

EID: 0642281990     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.69.438     Document Type: Article

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