Neurocysticercosis: HP10 antigen detection is useful for the follow-up of the severe patients.

• Main Authors: Agnès Fleury (Author), Esperanza Garcia (Author), Marisela Hernández (Author), Roger Carrillo (Author), Tzipe Govezensky (Author), Gladis Fragoso (Author), Edda Sciutto (Author), Leslie J S Harrison (Author), R Michael Evans Parkhouse (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: The most severe clinical form of neurocysticercosis (NC) occurs when cysticerci are located in the subarachnoid space at the base of the brain (SaB). The diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of NC-SaB, constitutes a severe clinical challenge. Herein we evaluate the potential of the HP10 a...