Development of an immunochromatographic test to detect antibodies against recombinant Em18 for diagnosis of alveolar echinococcosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 252-254

  Sako, Yasuhito ^a   Fukuda, Kenta ^b   Kobayashi, Yukuharu ^b   Ito, Akira ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Division of Research and Development   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT EM18 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS;

EID: 58849146272     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01476-08     Document Type: Article

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