Field evaluation of the whole blood immunochromatographic test for rapid bancroftian filariasis diagnosis in the Northeast of Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 125-129

  Braga, Cynthia ^a   Dourado, Maria Inês ^b   Ximenes, Ricardo Arraes de A ^b   Alves, Luiz ^a   Brayner, Fabio ^a   Rocha, Abraham ^a   Alexander, Neal ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Cidade Universitaria ^*

Author keywords

Bancroftian filariasis; Diagnostic; Screening; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC CARD TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCREENING TEST; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0038373392     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652003000300002     Document Type: Article

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