Seroprevalence of tissue invading parasitic infections diagnosed by ELISA in Korea

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1272-1276

  Lee, Mi Kyung ^a   Hong, Sung Jong ^b   Kim, Hye Ryoun ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clonorchis sinensis; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Paragonimus westermani; Seroepidemiologic studies; Spirometra erinacei plerocercoid; Taenia solium metacestode; Tissue invading parasitic infections

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CLONORCHIASIS; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH KOREA; SPARGANOSIS; SPARGANUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONORCHIASIS; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPARGANOSIS; SPARGANUM;

EID: 77956530767     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2010.25.9.1272     Document Type: Article

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