The immunodominant Brugia malayi paramyosin as a marker of current infection with Wuchereria bancrofti adult worms

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2854-2858

  Langy, Sandra ^a   Plichart, Catherine ^a   Luquiaud, Patrick ^a   Williams, Steven A ^b,c   Nicolas, Luc ^a,d  

^a Inst de Rech Medicales L Malarde   (French Polynesia)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IVERMECTIN; PARAMYOSIN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; DNA SEQUENCE; FILARIASIS; FRENCH POLYNESIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0031838142     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.6.2854-2858.1998     Document Type: Article

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