Understanding the relationship between prevalence of microfilariae and antigenaemia using a model of lymphatic filariasis infection

Background: Lymphatic filariasis is a debilitating neglected tropical disease that affects impoverished communities. Rapid diagnostic tests of antigenaemia are a practical alternative to parasitological tests of microfilaraemia for mapping and surveillance. However the relationship between these two...

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Main Authors: Irvine, M, Njenga, S, Gunawardena, S, Njeri Wamae, C, Cano, J, Brooker, S, Deirdre Hollingsworth, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2016