Evidence of human neurocysticercosis in Slovenia

Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 547-553

  Šoba, Barbara ^a   Beovic, Bojana ^b   Lužnik, Zala ^b   Skvarč, Miha ^a   Logar, Jernej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; neurocysticercosis; seroprevalence; Slovenia; Western blot

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SLOVENIA; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ADULT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY;

TAENIA SOLIUM;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LARVA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SLOVENIA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 84926003589     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182013001947     Document Type: Article

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