Contribution of immunodiagnostic tests to epidemiological/intervention studies of cysticercosis/taeniosis in México

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 637-649

  Flisser, A ^a,b   Gyorkos, T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Epidemiology; Immunodiagnosis; Intervention measures; M xico; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; CESTODE; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; MEXICO; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE;

SUIDAE; TAENIA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 36549006452     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2007.00981.x     Document Type: Review

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