Enhanced diagnostic specificity in human filariasis by igg4 antibody assessment

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 1034-1037

  Lai, Renu B ^a   Ottesen, Eric A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIA; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0023771559     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/158.5.1034     Document Type: Article

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