Human infection with Wuchereria bancrofti in Matara, Sri Lanka: the use, in parallel, of an ELISA to detect filaria-specific IgG(4) in urine and of ICT card tests to detect filarial antigen in whole blood

General Info

Geography

Sri Lanka (LKA)

Time period covered

January, 1999 - December, 1999

Data type

Scientific literature

Keywords

Lymphatic filariasis

Citation

Authors

Weerasooriya MV, Itoh M, Mudalige MPS, Qiu XG, Kimura E, Gunawardena NK, Fujimaki Y

Journal

Ann Trop Med Parasitol

Pages

179-85

Publication year

2003

Suggested citation

Weerasooriya MV, Itoh M, Mudalige MPS, Qiu XG, Kimura E, Gunawardena NK, Fujimaki Y. Human infection with Wuchereria bancrofti in Matara, Sri Lanka: the use, in parallel, of an ELISA to detect filaria-specific IgG(4) in urine and of ICT card tests to detect filarial antigen in whole blood. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2003; 97(2): 179-85.