Diagnostic potential of fractionated Brugia malayi microfilarial excretory/secretory antigen for bancroftian filariasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 252-254

  Chenthamarakshan, V ^a   Reddy, M V R ^a   Harinath, B C ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Bancroftian filariasis; Brugia malayi; Excretory Secretory antigens; Immunodiagnosis; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLAMINOETHYL CELLULOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; SERODIAGNOSIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

BRUGIA MALAYI; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0029938703     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90236-9     Document Type: Article

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