Name
FILARIASIS
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
OTHER TESTS : * DIRECT MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF THE BLOOD, HYDROCELE FLUID OR OTHER BODY FLUIDS OR BY CONCENTRATION METHOD TO DETECT MICROFILARIA * RAPID FORMAT IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC CARD TEST & * ELISA TEST- SENSTIVITY - 96-100% , SPECIFICITY - 100% * SERUM IGE & ANTIFILARIA ANTIBODIES - RAISED * PCR * EXAMINATION OF SCROTUM OR FEMALE BREAST USING HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRA SOUND IN CONJUNCTION WITH DOPPLER TECHNIQUES MAY DETECT MOTILE ADULT WORM WITHIN DILATED LYMPHATICS ( IN 80 % CASES ).
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
ABSOLUTE EOSINOPHIL COUNT, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, PCR, ELISA TEST