Serological confirmatory testing of alveolar and cystic echinococcosis in clinical practice: Results of a comparative study with commercialized and in-house assays

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 41-48

  Reiter Owona, Ingrid ^a   Grüner, Beate ^b   Frosch, Matthias ^c   Hoerauf, Achim ^a   Kern, Peter ^b   Tappe, Dennis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alveolar echinococcosis; Confirmatory assay; Cystic echinococcosis; Hydatid disease; Screening test; Serology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY; SEROLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CROSS REACTIONS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY; ECHINOCOCCUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS;

EID: 63049116531     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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