Open AccessA rapid slide agglutination test for the diagnosis of neurocysticercosis in the rural health set up
Author(s) -
Rakhi Biswas,
Subhash Chandra Parija
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
tropical parasitology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.418
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2229-7758
pISSN - 2229-5070
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5070.86942
Subject(s) - neurocysticercosis , metacestode , latex fixation test , medicine , antigen , taenia solium , rapid diagnostic test , direct agglutination test , cerebrospinal fluid , diagnostic test , immunology , pathology , antibody , cysticercosis , serology , veterinary medicine , helminths , cestoda
Simple and rapid latex-based diagnostic tests have been used for detecting specific antigens or antibodies in several diseases.