The significance of guinea worm infection in the immunological diagnosis of onchocerciasis and bancroftian filariasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 518-521

  Bloch, Paul ^a   Simonsen, Paul E ^a   Weiss, Niclaus ^b   Nutman, Thomas B ^c  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dracunculiasis; Dracunculus medinensis; Filariasis; Guinea worm infection; Immunodiagnosis; Onchocerca volvulus; Onchocerciasis; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MALE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; WORM INFECTION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0031763510     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90899-9     Document Type: Article

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