Prevalence and intensity of Wuchereria bancrofti antigenaemia in Sri Lanka by Og4C3 ELISA using filter paper-absorbed whole blood

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-45

  Weerasooriya, M V ^a   Gunawardena, N K ^a   Itoh, M ^b   Qiu, X G ^b   Kimura, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Diagnosis; Diethyl carbamazine; ELISA; Filariasis; Intensity; Og4C3; Prevalence; Sri Lanka; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ABSORPTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FILTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; PAPER; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SRI LANKA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SRI LANKA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0036329876     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90234-8     Document Type: Article

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