Sensitive and Specific Immunohistochemical Diagnosis of Human Alveolar Echinococcosis with the Monoclonal Antibody Em2G11

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Barth, Thomas F E ^a   Herrmann, Tobias S ^a   Tappe, Dennis ^b   Stark, Lorenz ^a   Grüner, Beate ^c   Buttenschoen, Klaus ^d   Hillenbrand, Andreas ^c   Juchems, Markus ^a   Henne Bruns, Doris ^c   Kern, Petra ^a   Seitz, Hanns M ^e   Möller, Peter ^a   Rausch, Robert L ^f   Kern, Peter ^c   Deplazes, Peter ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY EM2G11; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869017985     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001877     Document Type: Article

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