High prevalence of Wuchereria bancrofti infection among Myanmar migrants in Thailand

Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2001 Jul;95(5):535-8. doi: 10.1080/00034980120072248.

Authors

S Triteeraprapab¹, I Nuchprayoon, C Porksakorn, Y Poovorawan, A L Scott

Affiliation

¹ Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. fmedstt@md2.md.chula.ac.th

PMID: 11487375
DOI: 10.1080/00034980120072248

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Animals
Antigens, Helminth / immunology
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Elephantiasis, Filarial / epidemiology*
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / immunology
Male
Middle Aged
Myanmar / ethnology
Parasitemia / epidemiology
Prevalence
Sensitivity and Specificity
Thailand / epidemiology
Wuchereria bancrofti / isolation & purification*

Substances

Antigens, Helminth
Immunoglobulin G