Comparisons between scolex and membrane antigens of Cysticercus fasciolaris and Cysticercus cellulosae larvae for immunodiagnosis of neurocysticercosis

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 519-524

  Shukla, Nitin ^a   Husain, Nuzhat ^a   Jyotsna, ^a   Gupta, Suman ^b   Husain, Mazhar ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cysticercus; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Immunoblotting; Neurocysticercosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCUS; CYSTICERCUS CELLULOSAE; CYSTICERCUS FASCIOLARIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARVAL STAGE; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAT; SCOLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SWINE; TAENIA TAENIAEFORMIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CYSTICERCUS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LARVA; LIVER; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; RATS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 62149107403     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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