Comparison of several commercial serologic kits and Em18 serology for detection of human alveolar echinococcosis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-95

  Bart, Jean Mathieu ^a,b   Piarroux, Martine ^a   Sako, Yasuhito ^b   Grenouillet, Fréderic ^a   Bresson Hadni, Solange ^a   Piarroux, Renaud ^a   Ito, Akira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alveolar echinococcosis; Laboratory routine diagnosis; Recombinant Em18; Serology

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN RECEM18; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 34548422877     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.03.018     Document Type: Article

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