A simple and inexpensive dot-blot assay, using a 66-kDa Brugia malayi microfilarial protein antigen, for diagnosis of bancroftian filarial infection in an endemic area.
Ganesh
B B
BB
Department of Biochemistry and JBTDRC, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, India.
Kader
A M
AM
Agarwal
G S
GS
Reddy
M V
MV
Harinath
B C
BC
D000818:Animals; D000947:Antigens, Helminth / Q000097:blood*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000302:isolation & purification
D000947:Antigens, Helminth; C045193:Wuchereria antigen