Comparison of an immunochromatographic card test with night blood smear examination for detection of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaria carriers

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 304-306

  Pani, S P ^a   Hoti, S L ^a   Vanamail, P ^a   Das, L K ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VECTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CARRIER STATE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 14244268256     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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