A discrepancy between cystic echinococcosis confirmed by ultrasound and seropositivity in Turkish children

Acta Tropica

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-216

  Özkol, Mine ^a   Kilimcioǧlu, Ali A ^a   Girginkardeşler, Nogay ^a   Balcioǧlu, I Cüneyt ^a   Şakru, Nermin ^b   Korkmaz, Metin ^c   Ok, Ülgen Z ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chest X ray; Cystic echinococcosis; Echinococcus granulosus; Epidemiology; Serology; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ULTRASONICS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROFILM; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SERUM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; TURKEY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MANISA; TURKEY; WORLD;

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 12344325988     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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