Development of a Luminex Bead Based Assay for Diagnosis of Toxocariasis Using Recombinant Antigens Tc-CTL-1 and Tc-TES-26.

• Main Authors: John P Anderson (Author), Lisa N Rascoe (Author), Keith Levert (Author), Holly M Chastain (Author), Matthew S Reed (Author), Hilda N Rivera (Author), Isabel McAuliffe (Author), Bin Zhan (Author), Ryan E Wiegand (Author), Peter J Hotez (Author), Patricia P Wilkins (Author), Jan Pohl (Author), Sukwan Handali (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The clinical spectrum of human disease caused by the roundworms Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati ranges from visceral and ocular larva migrans to covert toxocariasis. The parasite is not typically recovered in affected tissues, so detection of parasite-specific antibodies is usually necessary for es...