HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF HUMAN NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS: DEVELOPMENT OF A STABLE REAGENT USING HOMOLOGOUS AND HETEROLOGOUS ANTIGENS

A hemagglutination (HA) test was standardized using formalin- and tannin-treated gander red blood cells sensitized with a total salt extract of C. cellulosae (HA-Cc) and an antigenic extract of Cysticercus longicollis (HA-Cl) vesicular fluid. A total of 61 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were assa...

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Published in:	Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors:	Andréia P. FERREIRA, Adelaide J. VAZ, Paulo M. NAKAMURA, Álvaro T. SASAKI, Antonio W. FERREIRA, José A. LIVRAMENTO
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1997-01-01
Subjects:	Hemagglutination test Neurocysticercosis Cerebrospinal fluid
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651997000100006