| dc.contributor.author |
Itoh, M. |
en_US |
| dc.contributor.author |
Weerasooriya, M.V. |
en_US |
| dc.contributor.author |
Gunawardena, N.K. |
en_US |
| dc.contributor.author |
Mudalige, M.P. |
en_US |
| dc.contributor.author |
Samarawickrema, W.A. |
en_US |
| dc.contributor.author |
Kimura, E. |
en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned |
2014-10-29T09:18:16Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2014-10-29T09:18:16Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
1999 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation |
Tropical Medicine and International Health. 1999; 4(3): pp.207-10 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn |
1360-2276 (Print) |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn |
1365-3156 (Electronic) |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri |
http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1391 |
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| dc.description |
Indexed in MEDLINE |
|
| dc.description.abstract |
The prevalence of Wuchereria bancrofti antigenaemia determined in 353 subjects in Matara, Sri Lanka by Og4C3 ELISA was 20.7%. Positive rates obtained with the same subjects by 1 ml Nuclepore filtration and 60 microl thick blood smear were 11.3% and 7.9%, respectively. Antigen levels were positively associated with microfilaria counts. Two-thirds of antigen-positive and microfilaria-negative (Ag+/Mf-) individuals were > 25-year-old, but younger age groups (< or = 25-year-old) tended to have proportionally more Ag+/Mf- cases. Possible origins of the Ag+/Mf- status are discussed |
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| dc.publisher |
Blackwell Scientific Publications |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
Filariasis |
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| dc.subject |
Filariasis-diagnosis |
|
| dc.subject |
Filariasis-epidemiology |
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| dc.subject |
Filariasis-immunology |
|
| dc.subject |
Wuchereria bancrofti-immunology |
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| dc.subject |
Sri Lanka-epidemiology |
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| dc.subject |
Antigens, Helminth-blood |
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| dc.subject |
Prevalence |
|
| dc.title |
Wuchereria bancrofti antigenaemia in Sri Lanka. |
en_US |
| dc.type |
Article |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.department |
Parasitology |
en_US |