Open AccessSeroepidemiology of human cystic echinococcosis in Basrah governorate
Author(s) -
MST Al-Mounase,
FA Mustafa,
AG Kateh
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
qatar medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2227-0426
pISSN - 0253-8253
DOI - 10.5339/qmj.2012.2.11
Subject(s) - medicine , cystic echinococcosis , hydatid cyst , epidemiology , echinococcosis , veterinary medicine , environmental health , virology , cyst , immunology , pathology
An antigen of high sensitivity and 97.5% specificity prepared from hydatid cyst fluid was used in an ELISA test for a sero-epidemiological survey in areas of Basra, Iraq. The calculated predictive values for positive and negative cases were 3.5% and 96.4% respectively.
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