Relationship between serum antibodies and Taenia solium larvae burden in pigs raised in field conditions.

• Main Authors: Cesar M Gavidia (Author), Manuela R Verastegui (Author), Hector H Garcia (Author), Teresa Lopez-Urbina (Author), Victor C W Tsang (Author), William Pan (Author), Robert H Gilman (Author), Armando E Gonzalez (Author), Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Serological tests have been used for the diagnosis of Taenia solium infection in pigs. However, those serological results do not necessarily correlate with the actual infection burden after performing pig necropsy. This study aimed to evaluate the Electro Immuno Transfer Blot (EITB) seropositivity w...