Use of two sensitive and specific immunoblot markers, Em70 and Em90, for diagnosis of alveolar echinococcosis

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Korkmaz M., Inceboz T., Celebi F., Babaoglu A., Uner A.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, cilt.42, sa.7, ss.3350-3352, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 42 Sayı: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2004
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1128/jcm.42.7.3350-3352.2004
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.3350-3352
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Antibodies against Echinococcus multilocularis metacestodes were screened by inummoblotting sera from patients with alveolar echinococcosis (n = 39), cystic echinococcosis (n = 109), or other parasitic infections (n = 66) and healthy individuals (n = 32). Two antigens, approximately 70 and 90 kDa, are found to be valuable for confirmatory diagnosis, with a sensitivity and specificity of 100 and 99.51%, respectively.