Development of a new assay for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis, using cercarial antigens

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 255-258

  Chand, M A ^a   Chiodini, P L ^a,b   Doenhoff, M J ^c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cercariae; Diagnosis; ELISA; Schistosoma; Schistosomiasis; Serology

Indexed keywords

CERCARIAL ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; SCHISTOSOME ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLIASIS; HUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VERMES;

EID: 77649182551     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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