Strain differentiation of Onchocerca volvulus from Uganda using DNA probes

Parasitology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 401-408

  Fischer, P ^a   Bamuhiiga, J ^b   Kilian, A H D ^b   Buttner D W ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit mbH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Forest strain specific DNA probe; Microfilarial length; Onchocerca volvulus; Polymerase chain reaction; Southern blot

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; FOREST; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UGANDA;

EID: 0029867563     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000066634     Document Type: Article

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