Quantitative assessment of circulating antigens in human lymphatic filariasis: A field evaluation of monoclonal antibody-based ELISA using blood collected on filter strips

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-45

  Lalitha, P ^a   Ravichandran, M ^a   Suba, S ^a   Kaliraj, P ^a   Narayanan, R B ^a   Jayaraman, Kunthala ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antigen detection; ELISA; Filariasis

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN FUNCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCA; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MICROFILARIA; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0031913764     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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