Filarial antibody responses in Wuchereria bancrofti transmission area are related to parasitological but not clinical status

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 73-80

  Nicolas, Luc ^a,b   Langy, Sandra ^a   Plichart, Catherine ^a   Deparis, Xavier ^a  

^a Inst Terr Rech Med Louis Malarde   (French Polynesia)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Adult worm antigen; Bancroftian filariasis; Diethylcarbamiazine; Immunoglobulins; Ivermectin; W. bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IVERMECTIN; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FRENCH POLYNESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; IVERMECTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0032978163     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1999.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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