Serological and molecular tools to detect neurologic parasitic zoonoses in rural Cameroon

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1365-1374

  Nkouawa, Agathe ^a,b   Sako, Yasuhito ^a   Moyou Somo, Roger ^b,c   Ito, Akira ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Cysticercosis; Epilepsy; Immuno and molecular diagnosis; Paragonimiasis; Parasitic zoonoses; Toxocariasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PARAGONIMIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; SEROLOGY; TAENIASIS; TOXOCARIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CAMEROON; CHILD; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARAGONIMIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TAENIASIS; TOXOCARIASIS; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84857664474     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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