Relative seroprevalence of cysticercus antigens and antibodies and antibodies to Taenia ova in a population sample in south India suggests immunity against neurocysticercosis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 153-159

  Jayaraman, T ^a   Prabhakaran, V ^a,d   Babu, P ^a   Raghava, M Venkata ^a   Rajshekhar, V ^a   Dorny, P ^b,c   Muliyil, J ^a   Oommen, A ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysticercus antibodies; Host immunity; India; Neurocysticercosis; Taenia antigens; Taenia solium ova antibodies

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CYSTICERCUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEAT PRODUCTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PREVALENCE; SANITATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUS SCROFA; TAENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

TAENIA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 79951772032     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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