Worm burden and host responsiveness in Wuchereria bancrofti infection: Use of antigen detection to refine earlier assessments from the South Pacific

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 498-503

  Steel, C ^a   Ottesen, E A ^a   Weller, P F ^a   Nutman, T B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; COOK ISLANDS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORM INFECTION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0035212080     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2001.65.498     Document Type: Article

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