The immunodiagnosis of Echinococcus multilocularis infection

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 460-475

  Carmena, D ^a,b   Benito, A ^a   Eraso, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigens; Cytokines; Echinococcus multilocularis; ELISA; Immunodiagnosis; Review; Western blot

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ITRACONAZOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; NITAZOXANIDE; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATALITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG HYDATID CYST; METACESTODE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS;

EID: 34147150726     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01665.x     Document Type: Review

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