Identification of Wb123 as an early and specific marker of Wuchereria bancrofti infection.
BACKGROUND:The current antibody tests used for monitoring in lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination programs suffer from poor specificity because of the considerable geographical overlap with other filarial infections such as Loa loa (Ll), Onchocerca volvulus (Ov), and Mansonella perstans (Mp). METHO...
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Main Authors: | Joseph Kubofcik (Author), Doran L Fink (Author), Thomas B Nutman (Author) |
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2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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