Seroprevalence of Entamoeba histolytica infection in female outpatients at a sexually transmitted disease sentinel clinic in Tokyo, Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 175-178

  Suzuki, Jun ^a   Kobayashi, Seiki ^b   Iku, Ise ^a   Murata, Rie ^a   Yanagawa, Yoshitoki ^a   Takeuchi, Tsutomu ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS ANTIBODY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA ANTIBODY; HM 1 ANTIGEN; LHM 1 ANTIGEN; LLA526 ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; OUTPATIENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 45849094100     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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