Taeniasis-cysticercosis in Southern Ecuador: Assessment of infection status using multiple laboratory diagnostic tools

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 779-782

  Rodriguez Hidalgo, R ^a   Benitez Ortiz, W ^a   Praet, N ^b   Saa, L R ^c   Vercruysse, J ^d   Brandt, J ^b   Dorny, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Ecuador; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Enzyme linked immunoelectrotransfer blot; Polymerase chain reaction; Restricted fragment length polymerase; Taenia solium; Taeniasis

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 33751292395     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000700012     Document Type: Article

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