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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Og4c3 circulating antigen: A marker of infection and adult worm burden in wuchereria bancrofti filariasis
Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 170, No. 1, Year 1994
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Description
Og4C3 circulating filarial antigen was detected in the sera of 94.5% (259/274) of microfilaremic patients, 32% (239/751) of persons with presumption of filariasis, and 23% (11/48) of chronic filariasis patients. The antigen level was correlated with the microfilariae (Mf) density and patient age (P <.01). It remained stable in patients treated with microfilaricidal drugs. Og4C3 antigen, undetectable in Mf culture media, was demonstrated to be a rare somatic Mf antigen. It appears to be an excreted or secreted antigen from adult filaria. It could be used as a marker of infection and an indicator of adult worm burden. © 1994 by The University of Chicago.
Authors & Co-Authors
Chanteau, Suzanne
United States, Madison
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Moulia-Pelat, Jean Paul
United States, Madison
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Glaziou, Philippe H.
United States, Madison
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Nguyen, Ngoc Lam
United States, Madison
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Luquiaud, Patrick
United States, Madison
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Plichart, Catherine
United States, Madison
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Martin, Paul M.V.
United States, Madison
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Cartel, Jean Louis L.
United States, Madison
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Senegal, Dakar
Institut de Läprologie Appliquäe
Statistics
Citations: 130
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/infdis/170.1.247
ISSN:
00221899
e-ISSN:
15376613
Research Areas
Health System And Policy