Prevalence of anti-cysticercus antibodies in slum, rural and urban populations in and around Union Territory, Chandigarh

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-53

  Khurana, Sumeeta ^a   Aggarwal, Arun ^a   Malla, Nancy ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Seroprevalence; Taeniasis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYSTICERCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEPAL; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NONHUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33645702626     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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