Markers of Loa loa infection in permanent residents of a loiasis endemic area of Gabon

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-118

  Akue, J P ^a,b   Hommel, M ^b   Devaney, E ^c  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Filariasis; Immunity; Loa loa; Mansonella perstans; Markers of infection

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDEMA; EOSINOPHIL; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; GABON; HUMAN; LOA LOA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SYMPTOM; WORM;

EID: 0029990017     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90105-4     Document Type: Article

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