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). METH...

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Main Authors: Kubofcik, Joseph, Fink, Doran L., Nutman, Thomas B.
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3516582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23236529
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001930

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3516582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23236529
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001930

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