Wuchereria bancrofti recombinant antigen-derived poly- and monoclonal antibodies for the detection of circulating antigen(s) in the sera of lymphatic filarial patients

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-74

  Theodore, J G ^a   Kaliraj, P ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIASIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROFILARIA; NIGHT; SERODIAGNOSIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0029972611     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00015157     Document Type: Article

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