Development of a species-specific coproantigen ELISA for human Taenia solium taeniasis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 433-437

  Guezala, Maria Claudia ^b   Rodriguez, Silvia ^c   Zamora, Humberto ^b   Garcia, Hector H ^c   Gonzalez, Armando E ^b   Tembo, Alice ^a   Allan, James C ^a   Craig, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUIDAE; TAENIA; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 69249179370     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.81.433     Document Type: Article

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