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SUBMITTER: Morassutti AL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3689479 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health 20130601 6 Suppl 2
Cerebral angiostrongyliasis is an acute inflammation caused by the infection of the nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis that results in eosinophilic meningitis. The current immunological assay of choice is an immunoblot that detects antibodies to a 31 kDa protein present in crude extracts of the female worm. Recently we have identified diagnostic targets from excretion and secretion products and determined the composition of the 31 kDa antigen after 2-D gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry ...[more]