High prevalence of Wuchereria bancrofti infection as detected by immunochromatographic card testing in five districts of Orissa, India, previously considered to be non-endemic

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-114

  Foo, Patricia K ^a,b   Tarozzi, Alessandro ^c   Mahajan, Aprajit ^b   Yoong, Joanne ^d   Krishnan, Lakshmi ^e   Kopf, Daniel ^e   Blackburn, Brian G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR)   (India)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; India; Lymphatic filariasis; Mass drug administration; Orissa

Indexed keywords

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC CARD TESTING; INDIA; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CARRIER STATE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 78651472899     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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