Short communication: Observations on false positive reactions in the rapid NOW® Filariasis card test

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1200-1202

  Simonsen, Paul E ^a   Magesa, Stephen M ^b,c  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b Ubwari Research Station   (Tanzania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Circulating antigens; Diagnosis; Lymphatic filariasis; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

FILARIASIS; HEALTH MONITORING; RURAL POPULATION; TESTING METHOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; TANZANIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; AGED; ANIMAL; BLOOD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

CELL FUSING AGENT VIRUS; PROTOZOA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 16544373427     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01326.x     Document Type: Article

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