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Lymphatic Filariasis Biomarkers for Detection and Surveillance
Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis; LF) is a neglected tropical disease that affects over 120 million people throughout the tropics and sub­tropics of Asia, Africa, the Western Pacific, and parts of the Caribbean and South America. LF results from infection with the filarial parasites Wuchereria bancrofti or Brugia malayi. Current methods of confirming...
Published: 4/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): Sasisekha Bennuru, Thomas Nutman
Keywords(s): 2IXXXX, 2XXXXX, Biomarkers, Detection, Filariasis, Lymphatic, Surveillance
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Diagnostic Assays and Methods of Use for Detection of Filarial Infection
The effort targeting the mosquito borne neglected tropical disease lymphatic filariasis for elimination through mass drug administration by 2020 will require accurate, cost effective methods for detecting early infections. The World Health Organization-recommended immunochromatographic test detects adult Wuchereria bancrofti (Wb) antigen in blood, but...
Published: 10/28/2024   |   Inventor(s): Doran Fink, Joseph Kubofcik, Peter Burbelo, Thomas Nutman
Keywords(s): Bancrofitan, Bancrofti, CONTROL, DA2XXX, DAXXXX, DXXXXX, Filariasis, FOLLOWING, Immunodiagnosis, Lymphatic filariasis (Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi), MOLECULE, Programs, Specific, Successful, Surveillance, Wuchereria
Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Collaboration, TherapeuticArea > Infectious Disease, Application > Diagnostics