Immunodiagnosis of human neurocysticercosis by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
The diagnosis of cysticercosis by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using serum and CSF was assessed in 61 cases of confirmed cysticercosis and in controls. A very high level of specificity and sensitivity was found.
Departamento de Immunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, UNAM, México, D.F.
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Plancarte
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Espinoza
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Flisser
D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000032:analysis*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D003552:Cysticercus / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D013621:Taenia / Q000276:immunology*
D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G