Use of the paired samples (cerebrospinal fluid and serum) in immunodiagnostic of active and inactive human neurocysticercosis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 427-429

  Da Costa Barcelos, Ivanildes Solange ^a   Ferreira, Marcelo Simão ^b   De Moura, Leandro Pajuaba ^b   Biondi, Germano Francisco ^c   Costa Cruz, Julia Maria ^a  

^a Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Neurocysticercosis; Serum; Taenia crassiceps

Indexed keywords

TAENIA CRASSICEPS;

EID: 23944497098     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762005000400014     Document Type: Article

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