Polymerase chain reaction-based technique for the detection of Wuchereria bancrofti in human blood samples, hydrocele fluid, and mosquito vectors

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 72-76

  Siridewa, Kithmini ^a   Karunanayake, Eric H ^a   Chandrasekharan, N V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BASE PAIRING; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA PROBE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROCELE; MICROFILARIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULICIDAE; DNA, HELMINTH; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0030026287     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.72     Document Type: Article

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