Toxocara antigen and mitogen-induced lymphocyte blastogenesis for diagnosis of visceral larva migrans: Clinical and experimental findings in macaques and human beings

Glickman, L.T.; Grieve, R.B.; DeGregory, K.T.; Friedman, H.S.; Stockman, J.A. III.

Toxocara antigen and mitogen-induced lymphocyte blastogenesis for diagnosis of visceral larva migrans: Clinical and experimental findings in macaques and human beings

1984

Glickman, L.T. | Grieve, R.B. | DeGregory, K.T. | Friedman, H.S. | Stockman, J.A. III.

evaluation of a Toxocara canis blastogenesis assay with peripheral mononuclear cells in Macaca fascicularis with induced T. canis infections and in humans with serologically confirmed visceral larva migrans (VLM), questionable sensitivity, difficulty, expense, and time associated with this technique do not make it suited for confirming a clinical diagnosis of VLM

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