World Health Organization : Regioinal Office for Africa ; Year 1993 ; Africa Region, Bd, No. 1: Outbreak of Plague in Lesotho, 1967-1968 ; Report on a Visit - June 13 - July 20 1968

By C. A. W. Guggisberg, Dr.

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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
The research project on the epidemtology and control of malarla, conducted in Garkt D~strict.K ano State, Nigeria, jointly by the Gorernmenr of K~geria and the World Health Organization, lncluded amone its objectives the study of [he commun~ty's~ mmune response to malana, as detectable by multiple serological tests, before, during, and after a period of intensive malana control through the application of a residual insecticide and mass drug admin~stratlon. The preceding papersin this series (I, 2) dcalr wirh !he study design. the methods, the parasitolog~cal situation, the results of serolog~cal iurkeys (immunoglobul~ n determinations, precipitin test, irnmunofluorescent ant~body(I FA) rest, and indirect haemagglutination( 1Hh)t est), and rheirrelarton~h~p\\ithhe parasitological results. This paper presents the results obtained aith the enzyme-linked immunosorbenr assay (ELISA).

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