Diagnosis of human fascioliasis by stool and blood techniques: Update for the present global scenario

Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1918-1946

  Mas Coma, S ^a   Bargues, M D ^a   Valero, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

advantages and weaknesses; antibody and antigen detection; clinical and epidemiological situations; egg differentiation; Human fascioliasis; new global scenario; patient and survey diagnosis; post control surveillance; post treatment monitoring; qualitative and quantitative diagnosis; sample management; stool and blood techniques

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN L; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRAIT; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITE MIGRATION; PATHOGEN LOAD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REINFECTION; RELAPSE; SERODIAGNOSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; OVUM; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; COPROANTIGEN TEST; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC TEST; PRECIPITATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVUM;

EID: 84927911660     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182014000869     Document Type: Article

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