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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...
Main Authors: | Kubofcik, Joseph, Fink, Doran L., Nutman, Thomas B. |
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Format: | Online Article Text |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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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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