Improved diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis using recombinant antigen-based serologies in a community-wide study in northern Argentina

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1624-1630

  Krolewiecki, Alejandro J ^a,d   Ramanathan, Roshan ^b   Fink, Valeria ^a   McAuliffe, Isabel ^c   Cajal, Silvana P ^d   Won, Kimberly ^c   Juarez, Marisa ^d   Di Paolo, Adriana ^d   Tapia, Laura ^e   Acosta, Norma ^d   Lee, Rogan ^f   Lammie, Patrick ^c   Abraham, David ^g   Nutman, Thomas B ^b  

^a FUNDACIÓN HUÉSPED   (Argentina)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^e Hospital San Vicente de Paul   (Argentina)

^f WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUCIFERASE IMMUNOPRECIPITATION SYSTEM ASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ARGENTINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957875580     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00259-10     Document Type: Article

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