Detection of Loa loa-specific DNA in blood from occult-infected individuals

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 163-170

  Touré, Fousseyni S ^a   Bain, Odile ^b   Nerrienet, Eric ^a   Millet, Pascal ^a   Wahl, Goetz ^a   Toure, Yeya ^c   Doumbo, Ogobara ^c   Nicolas, Luc ^f   Georges, Alain J ^a   McReynolds, Larry A ^d   Egwang, Thomas G ^e  

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

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Departement d'E   (Mali)

^d NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

^e Med Biotech Laboratories Uganda   (Uganda)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Amf, amicrofilaremic Loa loa; bDNA, branched DNA; ELISA, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Filariasis; Mf, microfilaremic Loa loa; Occult loiasis; OL, occult loiasis; PCR; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; Specific DNA detection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIASIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LOA LOA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

LOA LOA; MANSONELLA PERSTANS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0031193708     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1997.4168     Document Type: Article

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