A diagnostic test for scabies: IgE specificity for a recombinant allergen of Sarcoptes scabiei

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-407

  Jayaraj, Rama ^a,b   Hales, Belinda ^c   Viberg, Linda ^a   Pizzuto, Susan ^a   Holt, Deborah ^a   Rolland, Jennifer M ^d   O'Hehir, Robyn E ^d   Currie, Bart J ^a,e   Walton, Shelley F ^a,f  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergen; IgE; Immunodiagnostic; Sarcoptes scabiei; Scabies

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LANTHANIDE; RECOMBINANT ALLERGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT DER P 14 ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT SAR S 14.3 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CROSS REACTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PARASITOLOGY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 82555176653     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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