Surgical filariasis : Immunoscreening for filarial IgG antibodies using Wuchereria bancrofti microfilarial excretory-secretory antigen

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-40

  Mehta, V K ^a   Lohar, H ^a   Banerjee, G K ^a   Reddy, M V R ^a   Harinath, B C ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; ELEPHANTIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0033085678     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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