Nanobodies, a promising tool for species-specific diagnosis of Taenia solium cysticercosis

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 625-633

  Deckers, N ^a,b   Saerens, D ^c,d   Kanobana, K ^a   Conrath, K ^c,d   Victor, B ^a   Wernery, U ^e   Vercruysse, J ^b   Muyldermans, S ^c,d   Dorny, P ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^e CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

8 kDa protein family; Cysticercosis; Epitope mapping; Pig; Single domain antibodies; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; BIOASSAY; CYST; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLATWORM; IMMUNIZATION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; PIG; PROTEIN; SERUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAMELS; CROSS REACTIONS; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NANOPARTICLES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA SOLIUM;

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; NANOPARTICLE; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CAMEL; CROSS REACTION; CYSTICERCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC USE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEROLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA SOLIUM; VETERINARY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 59749098914     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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