Application of Taenia saginata metacestodes as an alternative antigen for the serological diagnosis of human neurocysticercosis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1007-1013

  Oliveira, Heliana B ^a   Machado, Gleyce A ^a   Cabral, Dagmar D ^a   Costa Cruz, Julia M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METACESTODE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

TAENIA; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 34547729791     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0578-8     Document Type: Article

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