Indirect fluorescent antibody technique with micro-fragments of Wuchereria bancrofti
- 1 January 1973
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 67 (3) , 338-344
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(73)90110-7
Abstract
The indirect fluorescent antibody technique, using the actual causal agent as antigen, was evaluated as an immuno-diagnostic test for detecting patients who are sensitive to bancroftian filarial antigen. To achieve the economy in the use of the antigenic material micro-fragments, cut by means of a cryostat, of microfilariae and infective stage larvae of Wuchereria bancrofti were used.Keywords
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