Application of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect antibodies to Onchocerca volvulus on filter-paper blood spots: Effect of storage and temperature on antibody decay

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 523-524

  Rodríguez Pérez, Mario A ^a,b   Danis Lozano, Rogelio ^a   Rodríguez, Mario H ^a   Bradley, J E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Diagnosis; ELISA; Filariasis; Filter paper blood samples; Mexico; Onchocerca volvulus

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SKIN BIOPSY; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE;

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0032727560     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90363-2     Document Type: Article

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