An investigation of the disparity in estimates of microfilaraemia and antigenaemia in lymphatic filariasis surveys

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 529-531

  Cano, Jorge ^a   Moraga, Paula ^a   Nikolay, Birgit ^a   Rebollo, Maria P ^b   Okorie, Patricia N ^c   Davies, Emmanuel ^d   Njenga, Sammy M ^e   Bockarie, Moses J ^f   Brooker, Simon J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Task Force for Global Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^d Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigenaemia; Logistic regression; Lymphatic filariasis; Microfilaraemia; Prevalence surveys

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIGENAEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROFILARIASIS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); QUESTIONNAIRE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CARRIER STATE; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HUMANS; MICROFILARIAE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 84939493332     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trv048     Document Type: Article

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