Surveillance of Wuchereria bancrofti infection by anti-filarial IgG4 in urine among schoolchildren and molecular xenomonitoring in Sri Lanka: a post mass drug administration study

BACKGROUND: Surveillance of hidden foci or resurgence of the bancroftian filariasis has high priority to maintain the elimination status in Sri Lanka. For the surveillance, two methods were applied in Matotagama, Matara, Sri Lanka; (i) molecular xenomonitoring (MX) by PCR to detect parasite DNA in t...

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Autores principales: Takagi, Hidekazu, Yahathugoda, Thishan C., Tojo, Bumpei, Rathnapala, Upeksha L., Nagaoka, Fumiaki, Weerasooriya, Mirani V., Itoh, Makoto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6567434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31223271
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-019-0166-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6567434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31223271
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-019-0166-5

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