Immuno-parasitological assessment of bancroftian filariasis in a highly endemic area along the River Sabaki, in Malindi district, Kenya

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-172

  Njenga, S M ^a   Wamae, C N ^a   Mwandawiro, C S ^a   Molyneux, D H ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; PREVALENCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ELEPHANTIASIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 34548155006     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485907X156933     Document Type: Article

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