Use of two sensitive and specific immunoblot markers, Em70 and Em90, for diagnosis of alveolar echinococcosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3350-3352

  Korkmaz, Metin ^a   Inceboz, Tonay ^b   Celebi, Fehmi ^c   Babaoglu, Aylin ^a   Uner, Ahmet ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM;

ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS;

EID: 3142676451     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.7.3350-3352.2004     Document Type: Article

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