Laboratory and field evaluation of a new rapid test for detecting wuchereria bancrofti; Antigen in human blood

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-15

  Weil, Gary J ^a,b,c   Curtis, Kurt C ^a,b,c   Fakoli, Lawrence ^a,b,c   Fischer, Kerstin ^a,b,c   Gankpala, Lincoln ^a,b,c   Lammie, Patrick J ^a,b,c   Majewski, Andrew C ^a,b,c   Pelletreau, Sonia ^a,b,c   Won, Kimberly Y ^a,b,c   Bolay, Fatorma K ^a,b,c   Fischer, Peter U ^a,b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research   (Liberia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS CARD TEST; FILARIASIS TEST STRIP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROFILARIASIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RAPID TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TEST STRIP; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; DISEASE ERADICATION; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; LIBERIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880611868     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0089     Document Type: Article

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