A polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of Wuchereria bancrofti in blood samples from French Polynesia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 384-387

  Williams, Steven A ^a,b   Nicolas, Luc ^c   Lizotte Waniewski, Michelle ^a,b   Plichart, Catherine ^c   Luquiaud, Patrick ^c   Nguyen, Lam Ngoc ^c   Moulia Pelat, Jean Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Inst Terr Rech Medicales Louis M   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Filariasis; Polymerase chain reaction; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD VOLUME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMBRANE FILTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYNESIA; SCREENING TEST; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0029818430     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90515-5     Document Type: Article

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