Diagnosis, diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:  

10948.  Balaji Ganesh B, Parab PB*, Katdare M*, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. A monoclonal antibody Bm Ab120 to 120 kDA B malayi antigen with diagnostic potential in bancroftian filariasis. Journal of Parasitic Diseases June 2004; 28(1): 29-36.

10949.  Brattig NW, Bazzocchi C, Kirschning CJ, Reiling N, Buttner DW, Ceciliani F, Geisinger F, Hochrein H, Ernst M, Wagner H, Bandi C, Hoerauf A. The major surface protein of Wolbachia endosymbionts in filarial nematodes elicits immune responses through TLR2 and TLR4. J Immunol. 2004 Jul 1;173(1):437-45.

10950.  Murthy PK, Srivastava K, Murthy PSR. Response of Brugia malayi – Indian leaf monkey (Presbytis entellus), a non-human primate model of filariasis, to diethylcabamazine, ivermectin and CDRI compound 82-437. Curr Sci 2004;86(3):432-9.

Pathogenesis:

10951.  Gnanasekar M, Rao KV, He YX, Mishra PK, Nutman TB, Kaliraj P, Ramaswamy K. Novel phage display-based subtractive screening to identify vaccine candidates of Brugia malayi. Infect Immun. 2004 Aug;72(8):4707-15.