Evaluation of fast-ELISA versus standard-ELISA to diagnose human fasciolosis

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-21

  Rahimi, Mohammad Taghi ^a   Ashrafi, Kayhan ^b   Koosha, Soheyla ^c   Abdi, Jahangir ^a   Rokni, Mohammad Bagher ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Fasciola; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALCON ASSAY SCREENING TEST ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FASCIOLIASIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78751530753     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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