A simple and inexpensive dot-blot assay, using a 66-kDa Brugia malayi microfilarial protein antigen, for diagnosis of bancroftian filarial infection in an endemic area

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 168-169

  Ganesh, B Balaji ^a   Kader, A M ^b   Agarwal, G S ^c   Reddy, M V R ^a   Harinath, B C ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Institute of Vector Control and Zoonoses   (India)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Antigens; Brugia malayi; Dot blot ELISA; Filariasis; Immunodiagnosis; India; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CARRIER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIASIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROFILARIA; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0035295410     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90147-6     Document Type: Article

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