ICT filariasis test : A new screening test for Bancroftian filariasis

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-51

  Phantana, Sirichai ^a   Sensathein, Salinee ^a   Songtrus, Jiraporn ^b   Klagrathoke, Samran ^b   Phongnin, Kanjana ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b Vector Borne Disease Control Center   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; THAILAND; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0033084729     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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