Circulating filarial antigen in the hydrocele fluid from individuals living in a bancroftian filariasis area - Recife, Brazil - Detected by the monoclonal antibody Og4C3-assay

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-105

  Rocha, Abraham ^a   Lima, Guilherme ^b   Medeiros, Zulma ^a   Aguiar Santos, Ana ^a   Alves, Sandra ^a   Montarroyos, Ulisses ^a   Oliveira, Paula ^a   Béliz, Fátima ^a   Netto, Maria José ^a   Furtado, André ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Getulio Vargas Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antigen; Hydrocele fluid; Lymphatic filariasis; Og4c3; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY OG4C3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; PARASITOLOGY; ULTRASOUND; WORM; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

CELL FUSING AGENT VIRUS; FILARIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 12144289243     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762004000100018     Document Type: Article

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