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Article
in English
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-963693
ABSTRACT
In the Philippines, passive haemagglutination and soluble antigen fluorescent antibody tests using Dirofilaria immitis antigens were carried out on the sera of 33 patients infected with Wuchereria bancrofti and on the sera of 24 uninfected persons. False positives were as high as 70.8% indicating that in areas where the incidence of D. immitis in dogs is high, W. bancrofti antigens must be used. D.A.Cz.