Lack of specificity of a single positive 50-kDa band in the electroimmunotransfer blot (EITB) assay for cysticercosis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 459-462

  Furrows, S J ^a   McCroddan, J ^a   Bligh, W J ^a   Chiodini, Peter ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Diagnosis; Immunoblot; Immunodiagnosis; Neurocysticercosis; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CROSS REACTION; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROIMMUNOASSAY; ELECTROIMMUNOTRANSFER BLOTTING; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TAENIA SOLIUM;

TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 33645643721     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01381.x     Document Type: Article

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