Circulating filarial antigen detection in brugian filariasis

• Published in: Parasitology Vol. 143; no. 3; pp. 350 - 357
• Main Authors: TRIPATHI, PRAVEEN KUMAR, MAHAJAN, RAMESH CHANDER, MALLA, NANCY, MEWARA, ABHISHEK, BHATTACHARYA, SHAILJA MISRA, SHENOY, RANGANATHA KRISHNA, SEHGAL, RAKESH
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.03.2016
• Subjects: Adult; adults; Animals; antigen detection; Antigens; Antigens, Helminth - blood; Asymptomatic Diseases; blood serum; Chronic illnesses; Diethylcarbamazine - therapeutic use; Drug dosages; Edema; Elephantiasis, Filarial - drug therapy; Elephantiasis, Filarial - immunology; Elephantiasis, Filarial - parasitology; Elephantiasis, Filarial - physiopathology; Fecundity; Female; Filariasis; Humans; India; Infections; Life Cycle Stages - immunology; Male; Medical education; microfilariae; Mosquitoes; patients; Protozoa; Rabbits; Tropical diseases; Vector-borne diseases; Wuchereria bancrofti - growth & development; Wuchereria bancrofti - immunology; Young Adult; United Kingdom > UK; India; stage-specific antigenaemia; circulating filarial antigen (CFA); pre- and post-treatment kinetics; Brugian filariasis

Human lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a major cause of disability globally. The success of global elimination programmes for LF depends upon effectiveness of tools for diagnosis and treatment. In this study on stage-specific antigen detection in brugian filariasis, L3, adult worm (AW) and microfilarial...