Evaluation of tests based on the antibody response to keyhole limpet haemocyanin and soluble egg antigen to differentiate acute and chronic human schistosomiasis mansoni

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 97-98

  Beck, Lílian ^b   Van Lüme, Daniele S M ^a,b   De Souza, Joelma R ^a   Lins De Morais, Clarice N ^a   Melo, Wlademir G ^a   Xavier, Edeneide ^a   Barbosa, Constança S ^a   Aroucha, Marcílio L ^c   Domingues, Ana Lúcia C ^c   Favre, Tereza ^b   Pieri, Otávio ^b   Abath, Frederico G C ^a   Montenegro, Silvia M L ^a  

^a Núcleo de Tele Saúde NUTES Hospital das Clínicas   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enzime linked immunosorbent assay; Keyhole limpet haemocyanin; Soluble egg antigens

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 4644301586     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762004000900017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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