Outstanding insecurities concerning the use of an Ov16-based ELISA in the Amazonia onchocerciasis focus

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 506-509

  Luz, Sérgio Luiz Bessa ^a   Crainey, James Lee ^a   Shelley, Anthony John ^b   Rubio, Jose Miguel ^c  

^a INSTITUTO LEÔNIDAS E MARIA DEANE   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amazonia; ELISA; Mansonella ozzardi; Onchocerciasis; Ov16; Recrudescence

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; HELMINTH PROTEIN; OVD PROTEIN, ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

ANIMAL; BRAZIL; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CARRIER PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 84904353342     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140079     Document Type: Article

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