A rapid-format antibody card test for diagnosis of onchocerciasis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1796-1799

  Mehta, Satish K ^a   Stowe, Raymond P ^b   Feiveson, Alan H ^a   Tyring, Stephen K ^b   Pierson, Duane L ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CENTRAL AMERICA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA E; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SOUTH AMERICA;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FILARIASIS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LATIN AMERICA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0033681551     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317629     Document Type: Article

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