Sensitivity of the immunochromatographic card test relative to detection of adult Wuchereria bancrofti worms by ultrasound

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-34

  Dreyer, Gerusa ^a,b,c   Lins, Renato ^a   Norões, Joaquim ^a,d   Rizzo, José Ângelo ^e,f   Figueredo Silva, José ^a,g  

^a Organizacao Nao Governamental Amaury Coutinho Brazil   (Brazil)

^b Cidade Universitária   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d Centro de Ciencias da Saude   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC CARD TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WORM; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 39549100808     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.28     Document Type: Article

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