Recombinant antigen-based antibody assays for the diagnosis and surveillance of lymphatic filariasis - A multicenter trial

Filaria Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Lammie, Patrick J ^a   Weil, Gary ^b   Noordin, Rahmah ^c   Kaliraj, Perumal ^d   Steel, Cathy ^e   Goodman, David ^a   Lakshmikanthan, Vijaya B ^d   Ottensen, Eric ^f  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE INFORMM   (Malaysia)

^d ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BM14 ANTIGEN; BMR1 ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WBSXP ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FILARIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM INFECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 10044220208     PISSN: 14752883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2883-3-9     Document Type: Article

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