Use of recombinant Onchocerca volvulus antigens for diagnosis and surveillance of human onchocerciasis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 575-580

  Chandrashekar, R ^a   Ogunrinade, A F ^b   Weil, G J ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; ELISA; Onchocerca; Onchocerciasis; Recombinant antigen; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECUADOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0029972177     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1996.tb00082.x     Document Type: Article

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