A dot-ELISA using a partially purified cathepsin-L-like protein fraction from Taenia solium cysticerci, for the diagnosis of human neurocysticercosis

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 311-318

  Pina R ^a   Gutierrez A H ^a   Gilman, R H ^b,c   Rueda, D ^a   Sifuentes, C ^a   Flores, M ^a   Sheen, P ^a,c   Rodriguez, S ^c   Garcia H H ^c,d   Zimic, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE INGENIERÍA   (Peru)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NEUROLÓGICAS   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN L;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TAENIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CATHEPSIN L; CROSS REACTIONS; CYSTICERCUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REAGENT STRIPS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAENIA SOLIUM;

CESTODA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 79959419930     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485911X12987676649782     Document Type: Article

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