Assessment of Echinococcus granulosus somatic protoscolex antigens for serological follow-up of young patients surgically treated for cystic echinococcosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1631-1640

  Nouir, Nadia Ben ^a,b   Nuñez, Sandra ^b   Gianinazzi, Christian ^b   Gorcii, Mohamed ^a   Müller, Norbert ^b   Nouri, Abdellatif ^c   Babba, Hamouda ^a   Gottstein, Bruno ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^d Institute of Parasitology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDATID FLUID ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOSCOLEX SOLUBLE SOMATIC ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DISEASE COURSE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PURIFICATION; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 43249091160     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01689-07     Document Type: Article

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