Development of anti-filarial antibodies in a group of expatriate mine-site workers with varying exposure to the disease

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 706-707

  Melrose, W ^a   Usurup, J ^b   Selve, B ^c   Pisters, P ^d   Turner, P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Placer Niugini Forgera Joint Venture   (Papua New Guinea)

^c Misima Mines Ltd   (Papua New Guinea)

^d TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibodies; ELISA; Expatriates; Filariasis; IgG1; IgG4; Miners; Papua New Guinea; Seroprevalence; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; WORKING TIME;

EID: 0033659853     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90242-6     Document Type: Article

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