A multicenter evaluation of a new antibody test kit for lymphatic filariasis employing recombinant Brugia malayi antigen Bm-14

Acta Tropica

Volumn 120, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Weil, Gary J ^a   Curtis, Kurt C ^a   Fischer, Peter U ^a   Won, Kimberly Y ^b   Lammie, Patrick J ^b   Joseph, Hayley ^c   Melrose, Wayne D ^c   Brattig, Norbert W ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibody; Brugia; Filariasis; Serology; Wuchereria

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT BRUGIA MALAYI ANTIGEN BM 14; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; ENDEMISM; FILARIASIS; LABORATORY METHOD; MAPPING; MONITORING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUGIA MALAYI; BRUGIAN FILARIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ELUTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONCHOCERCIASIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BRUGIA MALAYI; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 80054051899     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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