Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar infections as detected by monoclonal antibody in an urban slum in Fortaleza, Northeastern Brazil

In this study the authors used the Elisa-based antigen detection tests that distinguish E. histolytica from E. dispar to examine the prevalence of E. histolytica infection in individuals from an urban slum in Fortaleza, Northeastern, Brazil. This test has a sensitivity and specificity that is compar...

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Main Authors: Lúcia Libanez Bessa C. Braga, Manuela L. Gomes, Melissa W. da Silva, Clece Paiva, Andréa Sales, Barbara J. Mann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2001-10-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822001000500010&tlng=en