An investigation of the disparity in estimates of microfilaraemia and antigenaemia in lymphatic filariasis surveys

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of lymphatic filariasis (LF) is based typically on either microfilaraemia as assessed by microscopy or filarial antigenaemia using an immuno-chromatographic test. While it is known that estimates of antigenaemia are generally higher than estimates of microfilaraemia, the ex...

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Autores principales: Cano, Jorge, Moraga, Paula, Nikolay, Birgit, Rebollo, Maria P., Okorie, Patricia N., Davies, Emmanuel, Njenga, Sammy M., Bockarie, Moses J., Brooker, Simon J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4542699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26101292
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trv048

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4542699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26101292
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trv048

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