Use of antifilarial IgG4-ELISA to detect Brugia malayi infection in an endemic area of Malaysia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 184-188

  Rahmah, N ^a   Khairul Anuar, A ^b   Tengku Ariff, R H ^a   Zurainee, M N ^b   Noor A'Shikin, A ^a   Fadzillah, A ^a   Maimunah, A ^a   Ashraful Haq, J ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antifilarial IgG4 ELISA; Brugia malayi; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

DISEASE DETECTION; DRUGS TREATMENT; HEALTHCARE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BRUGIA MALAYI; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALAYSIA;

MALAYSIA;

BRUGIA MALAYI; FILARIA; NEMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 7144259771     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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