Improved serodiagnosis of alveolar echinococcosis of humans using an in vitro-produced Echinococcus multilocularis antigen

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 879-888

  Muller N ^a,b   Frei, E ^a   Nunez S ^a   Gottstein, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Parasitology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Echinococcus multilocularis; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA); Immunoblotting; In vitro cultivation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MALE; METACESTODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS;

EID: 34248341702     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006002083     Document Type: Article

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