Short communication: Use of a recombinant antigen‐based ELISA to determine prevalence of brugian filariasis among Malaysian schoolchildren near Pasir Mas, Kelantan – Thailand border
Open Access
- 11 February 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Tropical Medicine & International Health
- Vol. 8 (2) , 158-163
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01004.x
Abstract
Brugian filariasis infects 13 million people in Asia. The routine prevalence survey method using night thick blood smear is not sensitive enough to reflect the actual infection prevalence. In 1997–20...Keywords
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