Estimation of ASO titer as an indicator of streptococcal infection precipitating acute adenolymphangitis in brugian lymphatic filariasis

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 826-830

  Suma, T K ^a   Shenoy, R K ^a   Varghese, Jessel ^a   Kuttikkal, Viju V ^a   Kumaraswami, V ^b  

^a TD Medical College Hospital   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISTREPTOLYSIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRUGIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELEPHANTIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; BRUGIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031306538     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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