Anticysticercal and antitoxocaral antibodies in people with epilepsy in rural Tanzania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1032-1038

  Winkler, Andrea Sylvia ^a,b   Blocher, Joachim ^b,c   Auer, Herbert ^d   Gotwald, Thaddaeus ^c   Matuja, William ^e   Schmutzhard, Erich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e MUHIMBILI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Epilepsy; Neurocysticercosis; Serum antibodies; Tanzania; Toxocariasis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; TANZANIA; TOXOCARIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; AUTOANTIBODIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; RURAL HEALTH; TANZANIA; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 50549094614     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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