A multicenter evaluation of diagnostic tools to define endpoints for programs to eliminate bancroftian filariasis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gass, Katherine ^a   de Rochars, Madsen V E B ^b   Boakye, Daniel ^c   Bradley, Mark ^d   Fischer, Peter U ^e   Gyapong, John ^f   Itoh, Makoto ^g   Ituaso Conway, Nese ^h   Joseph, Hayley ⁱ   Kyelem, Dominique ^a   Laney, Sandra J ^j   Legrand, Anne Marie ^k   Liyanage, Tilaka S ^l   Melrose, Wayne ⁱ   Mohammed, Khalfan ^m   Pilotte, Nils ^j   Ottesen, Eric A ^a   Plichart, Catherine ^k   Ramaiah, Kapa ⁿ   Rao, Ramakrishna U ^e   Talbot, Jeffrey ^a   Weil, Gary J ^e   Williams, Steven A ^j   Won, Kimberly Y ^o   Lammie, Patrick ^o   more..

^a Lymphatic Filariasis Support Center   (United States)

^b Hopital Ste Croix ^*  (Haïti)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^g AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h National Program for Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis   (Tuvalu)

ⁱ JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^k INSTITUT LOUIS MALARDÉ   (French Polynesia)

^l Sri Lanka Ministry of Health and Nutrition   (Sri Lanka)

^m Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

ⁿ VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

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

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIFILARIAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FRENCH POLYNESIA; GHANA; HAITI; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC TEST; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SRI LANKA; TANZANIA; TUVALU; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORLD HEALTH; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856562401     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001479     Document Type: Article

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