Diagnosis of human angiostrongyliasis

Asian Biomedicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-150

  Vitta, Apichat ^a  

^a NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Angiostrongyliasis; Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Diagnosis; Eosinophilic meningitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 5;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS REACTION; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; FILARIASIS; GNATHOSTOMIASIS; HEADACHE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LARVA; LARVAL STAGE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAGONIMIASIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TH2 CELL; TOXOCARIASIS; XANTHOCHROMIA;

EID: 84871844058     PISSN: 19057415     EISSN: 1875855X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5372/1905-7415.0602.040     Document Type: Review

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