Multicentre evaluations of two new rapid IgG4 tests (WB rapid and panLF rapid) for detection of lymphatic filariasis

Filaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Noordin, Rahmah ^a   Itoh, Makoto ^b   Kimura, Eisaku ^b   Abdul Rahman, Rohana ^a   Ravindran, Balachandran ^c   Mahmud, Rohela ^d   Supali, Taniawati ^e   Weerasooriya, Mirani ^f  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INDIA; INDONESIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 37849028316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2883-6-9     Document Type: Article

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