A cocktail of recombinant Onchocerca volvulus antigens for serologic diagnosis with the potential to predict the endemicity of onchocerciasis infection

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 877-882

  Bradley, Janette E ^a   Atogho, Barbara M ^b   Elson, Lynne ^c   Stewart, Graham R ^d   Boussinesq, Michel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE;

NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0032416110     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.877     Document Type: Article

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