The seroprevalence of Taenia solium cysticercosis among epileptic patients in León, Nicaragua, as evaluated by ELISA and western blotting

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-45

  Bucardo, F ^a   Meza Lucas, A ^b   Espinoza, F ^a   Garcia Jeronimo R C ^b   Garcia Rodea R ^b   Correa, D ^c  

^a National Autonomous University of Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^b Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico y Referencia Epidemiologicos   (Mexico)

^c SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NICARAGUA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; TAENIA SOLIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; CYSTICERCUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NICARAGUA; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE;

CESTODA; TAENIA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 12444340766     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485905X19856     Document Type: Article

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