Parasite antigenemia without microfilaremia in bancroftian filariasis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 333-337

  Weil, Gary J ^a   Ramzy, Reda M R ^b   Chandrashekar, Ramaswamy ^c   Gad, Adel M ^b   Lowrie Jr , Robert C ^d   Faris, Rifky ^b  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Paravax Inc   (United States)

^d TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES; PROTOZOA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0029744272     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.333     Document Type: Article

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