A comparison of two tests for filarial antigenemia in areas in Sri Lanka and Indonesia with low-level persistence of lymphatic filariasis following mass drug administration

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Yahathugoda, Thishan C ^a   Supali, Taniawati ^b   Rao, Ramakrishna U ^c   Djuardi, Yenny ^b   Stefani, Difa ^b   Pical, Femmy ^b   Fischer, Peter U ^c   Lloyd, Melanie M ^c   Premaratne, Prasad H ^d   Weerasooriya, Mirani V ^a   Weil, Gary J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GENERAL SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA DEFENCE UNIVERSITY   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Antigenemia; Diagnosis; Elimination; Indonesia; Lymphatic filariasis; Mass drug administration; Sri Lanka; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FILARIASIS CARD TEST; FILARIASIS TEST STRIP; HUMAN; INDONESIA; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SRI LANKA; TREATMENT DURATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; SRI LANKA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937217107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0979-y     Document Type: Article

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