Shrinking the lymphatic filariasis map: Update on diagnostic tools for mapping and transmission monitoring

Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1912-1917

  Rebollo, Maria P ^a,b   Bockarie, Moses John ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Task Force for Global Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Brugia spp; diagnosis; Lymphatic filariasis; mapping; mass drug administration; microfilaria; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERITREA; HUMAN; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MICROFILARIA; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AFRICA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE ERADICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

BRUGIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

AFRICA; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE VECTORS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROFILARIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 84927722256     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182014001231     Document Type: Article

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