Comparative assessment of an Og4C3 ELISA and an ICT filariasis test: A study of Myanmar migrants in Thailand

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 253-257

  Nuchprayoon, Surang ^a,b   Porksakorn, Chantima ^a   Junpee, Alisa ^a   Sanprasert, Vivornpun ^a   Poovorawan, Yong ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MICROFILARIASIS; MIGRATION; MYANMAR; PATIENT MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; THAILAND; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; THAILAND; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 2942587094     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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