Parasite antigen in serum predicts the presence of viable brain parasites in patients with apparently calcified cysticercosis only

A. Zea-Vera; E.G. Cordova; S. Rodriguez; I. Gonzales; E.J. Pretell; Y. Castillo; S. Castro-Suarez; S. Gabriël; V.C.W. Tsang; P. Dorny; H.H. Garcia

doi:10.1093/cid/cit422

Parasite antigen in serum predicts the presence of viable brain parasites in patients with apparently calcified cysticercosis only

A. Zea-Vera, E.G. Cordova, S. Rodriguez, I. Gonzales, E.J. Pretell, Y. Castillo, S. Castro-Suarez, S. Gabriël, V.C.W. Tsang, P. Dorny, H.H. Garcia

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Original language	English
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	57
Issue number	7
Pages (from-to)	e154-e159
ISSN	1058-4838
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cit422
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

Helminthic diseases
Neurocysticercosis
Epilepsy
Taenia solium
Calcification
Brain
Antigen detection
Serum
CT-scanning
Tomography
Screening
MRI
Sensitivity
EITB
Enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB)
ELISA
Specificity
Peru
America-Latin

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Zea-Vera, A., Cordova, E. G., Rodriguez, S., Gonzales, I., Pretell, E. J., Castillo, Y., Castro-Suarez, S., Gabriël, S., Tsang, V. C. W., Dorny, P., & Garcia, H. H. (2013). Parasite antigen in serum predicts the presence of viable brain parasites in patients with apparently calcified cysticercosis only. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 57(7), e154-e159. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cit422

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