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SUBMITTER: Jeong JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3857511 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Korean journal of parasitology 20131031 5
In December 2011, we reported an autochthonous case of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in a 42-year-old woman in Korea. The diagnosis was based on histopathological findings of the surgically resected liver cyst. In the present study, we evaluated the serological and molecular characteristics of this Korean E. multilocularis case. The patient's serum strongly reacted with affinity-purified native Em18 and recombinant Em18 antigens (specific for E. multilocularis) but negative for recombina ...[more]