Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the diagnosis of Wuchereria bancrofti infection using urine samples and its application in Bangladesh

Parasitology International

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 564-567

  Samad, Mohammad Sohel ^a   Itoh, Makoto ^a   Moji, Kazuhiko ^b   Hossain, Moazzem ^c   Mondal, Dinesh ^d   Alam, Mohammad Shafiul ^d   Kimura, Eisaku ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^c Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology of Bangladesh (IACIB)   (Bangladesh)

^d International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases and Research   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Filariasis; IgG4; Recombinant SXP1; Urine diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CASE FINDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI INFECTION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

FILARIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883694019     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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