Field trial of a rapid card test for Wuchereria bancrofti

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9092, 1997, Pages 1681-

  Freedman, David O ^a   De Almeida, Adriana ^b   Miranda, Janaina ^b   Plier, D Adam ^b   Braga, Cynthia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0344301897     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)64280-8     Document Type: Article

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