Immunoepidemiology of Wuchereria bancrofti infection in two East African communities: Antibodies to the microfilarial sheath and their role in regulating host microfilaraemia

Acta Tropica

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 200-206

  Simonsen, Paul E ^a   Meyrowitsch, Dan W ^b   Jaoko, Walter G ^c   Malecela, Mwele N ^d   Michael, Edwin ^e  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Circulating filarial antigens; ELISA; IFAT; Kenya; Microfilarial sheath; Tanzania; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3;

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; BLOOD; ENDEMISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEMATODE; PARASITIC DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); SPECIES ENDEMICITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, EASTERN; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 43849097403     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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