Angiostrongylus costaricensis egg antigen for the immunodiagnosis of abdominal angiostrongyliasis

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 251-254

  Mesen Ramirez P ^a   Abrahams Sandi E ^a,b   Fernandez Quesada K ^c   Morera, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b San Juan de Dios Hospital   (Costa Rica)

^c Microbiology Department   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANGIOSTRONGYLOSIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PARASITOID; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ABDOMEN; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CENTRAL AMERICA; CROSS REACTIONS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AMERICA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS COSTARICENSIS;

EID: 55949134085     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X08982614     Document Type: Article

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