Bancroftian filariasis infection, disease, and specific antibody response patterns in a high and a low endemicity community in East Africa

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 550-559

  Simonsen, Paul E ^a   Meyrowitsch, Dan W ^a   Jaoko, Walter G ^a   Malecela, Mwele N ^a   Mukoko, Dunstan ^a   Pedersen, Erling M ^a   Ouma, John H ^a   Rwegoshora, Rwehumbisa T ^a   Masese, Naftal ^a   Magnussen, Pascal ^a   Estambale, Benson B A ^a   Michael, Edwin ^a  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0036561377     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.66.550     Document Type: Article

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