Sensitive and specific serodiagnosis of river blindness using Onchocerca ochengi antigens

Acta Tropica

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-32

  Cho Ngwa, Fidelis ^a   Akoachere, Monique ^a   Titanji, Vincent P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

IgG4; Onchocerca ochengi; Onchocerciasis; Serodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; ENDEMISM; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI;

EID: 0242661521     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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