# Elasticsearch search term contains special charaters

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-search-term-contains-special-charaters/149010>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 18, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-search-term-contains-special-charaters/149010 "2018-09-18T18:20:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![fuwei1234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c67d28/32.png) [@fuwei1234](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fuwei1234)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-search-term-contains-special-charaters/149010/1 "2018-09-18T18:20:24Z")

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Hi, I am working on the publication search with special characters, how could I search CD8+ but not CD8, CD4+but not CD4. At the same time, I do not want to lose the wildcard search function.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-search-term-contains-special-charaters/149010/2 "2018-10-16T18:20:27Z")

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