Improved serodiagnosis of cystic echinococcosis using the new recombinant 2B2t antigen.

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Ana Hernández-González (Συγγραφέας), Saúl Santivañez (Συγγραφέας), Héctor H García (Συγγραφέας), Silvia Rodríguez (Συγγραφέας), Santiago Muñoz (Συγγραφέας), Guillermo Ramos (Συγγραφέας), Antonio Orduña (Συγγραφέας), Mar Siles-Lucas (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Θέματα: article
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A standardized test for the serodiagnosis of human cystic echinococcosis (CE) is still needed, because of the low specificity and sensitivity of the currently available commercial tools and the lack of proper evaluation of the existing recombinant antigens. In a previous work, we defined the new ELI...