Use of the paired samples (cerebrospinal fluid and serum) in immunodiagnostic of active and inactive human neurocysticercosis

Paired samples of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum of 30 patients - 10 with active, 10 with inactive neurocysticercosis (NCC), and 10 control subjects - were evaluated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using two Taenia crassiceps metacestode extracts as antigen in order to detect IgG a...

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Main Authors: Ivanildes Solange da Costa Barcelos, Marcelo Simão Ferreira, Leandro Pajuaba de Moura, Germano Francisco Biondi, Julia Maria Costa-Cruz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2005-07-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762005000400014