Field evaluation of two diagnostic antigen tests for Wuchereria bancrofti infection among Indian expatriates in Saudi Arabia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 415-418

  Omar, Mohamed S ^a   Sheikha, Anwar K ^a,b   Al Amari, Omar M ^a   Abdalla, Salah E ^a   Musa, Riyad A ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PARASITEMIA; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0034200204     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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