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Understanding the relationship between prevalence of microfilariae and antigenaemia using a model of lymphatic filariasis infection

BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis is a debilitating neglected tropical disease that affects impoverished communities. Rapid diagnostic tests of antigenaemia are a practical alternative to parasitological tests of microfilaraemia for mapping and surveillance. However the relationship between these two...

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Autores principales: Irvine, Michael A., Njenga, Sammy M., Gunawardena, Shamini, Njeri Wamae, Claire, Cano, Jorge, Brooker, Simon J., Deirdre Hollingsworth, T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4731003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26822604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trv096