Short report: Semi-quantitative scoring of an immunochromatographic test for circulating filarial antigen

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 916-918

  Chesnais, Cédric B ^a   Missamou, François ^b   Pion, Sébastien D S ^a   Bopda, Jean ^c   Louya, Frédéric ^b   Majewski, Andrew C ^d   Weil, Gary J ^d   Boussinesq, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b Ministere de la Sante et de la Population   (Congo)

^c Filariasis and Other Tropical Diseases Research Centre   (Cameroon)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILARIAL ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIAGNOSTIC KIT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CONGO; FILARIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); MICROFILARIASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGO; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 84888619226     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0245     Document Type: Article

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