Molecular approaches to the diagnosis of Onchocerciasis

Advances in Parasitology

Volumn 37, Issue , 1996, Pages 57-106

  Bradley, J E ^a   Unnasch, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AFRICA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; DNA PROBE; EYE INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROFILARIA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0029915622     PISSN: 0065308X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0065-308x(08)60219-5     Document Type: Review

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