Human occult loiasis: Improvement in diagnostic sensitivity by the use of a nested polymerase chain reaction

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 144-149

  Touré, Fousseyni S ^a   Kassambara, Lalla ^b   Williams, Tim ^a   Millet, Pascal ^c   Bain, Odile ^d   Georges, Alain J ^a   Egwang, Thomas G ^e  

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

^b Ecl Natl de Med et de Pharmacie   (Mali)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d National d'Histoire Naturelle   (France)

^e Med Biotech Laboratories Uganda   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; GABON; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRIDIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; LOA LOA; MANSONELLA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0031746412     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.144     Document Type: Article

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