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Studies with Brugia pahangi 4. Antibodies against adult and microfilarial stages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

T. Ponnudurai ,
D. A. Denham ,
G. S. Nelson  and
Rosemary Rogers
Rosemary Rogers
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Helmlnthology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WCIE 7HT
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Abstract

Using the indirect fluorescent antibody technique, the antibody response of cats to Brugia pahangi infections was studied using whole microfilariae and sectioned adult worms of B. pahangi as antigens. Microfilarial antigen was ineffective in detecting antibody response in cats during the microfilaraemic phase of the infection, although it was possible to detect circulating antibody in cats which became microfilaria negative after repeated and prolonged reinfection and in one cat which after infection failed to show microfilariae in its blood

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 48 , Issue 2 , June 1974 , pp. 107 - 111
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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