Immunodiagnosis of neurocysticercosis: Ways to focus on the challenge

Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Esquivel Velazquez M ^a   Ostoa Saloma, P ^a   Morales Montor, J ^a   Hernandez Bello R ^a   Larralde, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWINE DISEASE; TAENIA SOLIUM; URINALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEUROIMAGING; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 84855168235     PISSN: 11107243     EISSN: 11107251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/516042     Document Type: Review

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