An improved method to obtain antigen-excreting Toxocara canis larvae

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-351

  Alcântara Neves, Neuza Maria ^a   dos Santos, Alex Barbosa ^a   Mendonça, Lívia Ribeiro ^a   Figueiredo, Camila A V ^a   Pontes de Carvalho, Lain ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ELISA; enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; ESLA; Excretory secretory larval antigen; excretory secretory larval antigens; Larva purification; Toxocara canis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; LARVA MIGRANS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPPY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM; TOXOCARA CANIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; VERMES;

EID: 44449089342     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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