A case of Ascaris suum visceral larva migrans diagnosed by using A. suum larval excretory-secretory (ES) antigen

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-224

  Nakamura Uchiyama, Fukumi ^a   Tokunaga, Yoshifumi ^a   Suzuki, Asahi ^a   Akao, Nobuaki ^b   Hiromatsu, Kenji ^a   Hitomi, Shigemi ^c   Nawa, Yukifumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCRETORY SECRETORY ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LARVA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; TOXOCARA CANIS; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ASCARIS SUUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LARVA; LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL;

EID: 33644585217     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500348952     Document Type: Article

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