Enzyme immunoassay of Cryptosporidium-specific immunoglobulin G antibodies to assess longitudinal infection trends in six communities in British Columbia, Canada

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 288-295

  Ong, Corinne S ^a   Li, Anna S ^a   Priest, Jeffrey W ^c   Copes, Ray ^a   Khan, Mohamad ^a   Fyfe, Murray W ^a   Marion, Stephen A ^b   Roberts, Jacquelin M ^c   Lammie, Patrick J ^c   Isaac Renton, Judith L ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPOROZOITE;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 24644449679     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.288     Document Type: Article

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