Species-specific sequence in the repeat 3 region of the gene encoding a putative Loa Loa allergen: A diagnostic tool for occult Loiasis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-60

  Toure, Fousseyni S ^a   Egwang, Thomas G ^a   Wahl, Goetz ^a   Millet, Pascal ^a   Bain, Odile ^b   Georges, Alain J ^a  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; DNA; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIASIS; GABON; HUMAN; LOA LOA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOGO;

LOA LOA; MANSONELLA PERSTANS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0031035404     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.57     Document Type: Article

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