Serological and molecular detection of neurocysticercosis among epileptic patients in Nagpur, Maharashtra state (India)
K. Satyaprakash,
W. A. Khan,
N. N. Zade
et al.
Abstract:SummaryNeurocysticercosis (NCC), one of the most important neuroparasitic diseases in humans, is caused byCysticercus cellulosae, the metacestode stage of digenetic zoonotic cestodeTaenia solium. The present study aims at the detection of anti-cysticercus antibodies in the sera of epileptic patients (n=26) visiting a tertiary care hospital in Nagpur, Maharashtra state, India, by an in-house developed indirect IgG-ELISA and enzyme-linked immunoelectro transfer blot (EITB) assay using different antigens (namely,… Show more
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