| Title: |
Taenia solium cysticercosis in a village in northern Viet Nam: seroprevalence study using an ELISA for detecting circulating antigen |
| Authors: |
Erhart, A; Dorny, P; Van De, N; Vien, HV; Thach, DC; Toan, ND; Cong, L; Geerts, S; Speybroeck, Niko; Berkvens, D; Brandt, J |
| Contributors: |
UCL - SSS/IRSS - Institut de recherche santé et société |
| Source: |
Transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene, Vol. 96, no. 3, p. 270-272 (2002) |
| Publication Year: |
2002 |
| Collection: |
DIAL@USL-B (Université Saint-Louis, Bruxelles) |
| Description: |
An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detecting circulating Taenia solium antigen was evaluated in Viet Nam; 12 of 2 10 people gave a positive result, including 5 persons with epilepsy. Cysticercosis was confirmed in 9 persons. Agreement between the ELISA, computerized tomography scanning and biopsy examination was high. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
boreal:96158; http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/96158 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90095-7 |
| Availability: |
http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/96158; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90095-7 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.CC274438 |
| Database: |
BASE |