Positivity of Antigen Tests Used for Diagnosis of Lymphatic Filariasis in Individuals Without Wuchereria bancrofti Infection But with High Loa loa Microfilaremia-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Positivity of Antigen Tests Used for Diagnosis of Lymphatic Filariasis in Individuals Without Wuchereria bancrofti Infection But with High Loa loa Microfilaremia

Published:2016-12-07 Issue:6 Volume:95 Page:1417-1423
ISSN:0002-9637
Container-title:The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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Author:

Pion Sébastien D.¹²,Montavon Céline²,Chesnais Cédric B.²,Kamgno Joseph³¹,Wanji Samuel⁴⁵,Klion Amy D.⁶,Nutman Thomas B.⁶,Boussinesq Michel²

Affiliation:

1. Centre de Recherche sur les Filarioses et autres Maladies Tropicales, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

2. Unité Mixte Internationale 233, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Université de Montpellier, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Montpellier, France.

3. Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

4. Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.

5. Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment, Buea, Cameroon.

6. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

Publisher

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Subject

Virology,Infectious Diseases,Parasitology

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