Bancroftian filariasis: The patterns of filarial-specific immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1), IgG4, and circulating antigens in an endemic community of northeastern Tanzania

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-75

  Simonsen, Paul E ^a   Lemnge, Martha M ^b   Msangeni, Hamisi A ^b   Jakobsen, Palle H ^c   Bygbjerg, Ib C ^c  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; TANZANIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TANZANIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0029682547     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.69     Document Type: Article

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