Filarial selenium glutathione peroxidase: A probable immunodiagnostic marker for lymphatic filariasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 524-528

  Singh, Anchal ^a   Kamal, Shaukat ^b   Rathaur, Sushma ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Regional Filarial Training and Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

ELISA; Immunodiagnosis; India; Lymphatic filariasis; Selenium glutathione peroxidase; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; SELENIUM GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SETARIA CERVI; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELENIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BOVINAE; SETARIA CERVI; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 77954540580     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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