Human occult loiasis: Field evaluation of a nested polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of occult infection

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 505-511

  Touré, Fousseyni S ^a,d   Mavoungou, Elie ^a   Kassambara, Lalla ^b   Williams, Tim ^a   Wahl, Goetz ^a   Millet, Pascal ^a   Egwang, Thomas G ^c  

^a Ctr Intl Rech Medicales F   (Gabon)

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

^c Med Biotech Laboratories Uganda   (Uganda)

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

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Nested polymerase chain reaction and Field evaluation; Occult loiasis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; FILARIASIS; MONITORING; PARASITE INFESTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; LOA LOA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANSONELLA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GABON; HUMANS; LOIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

GABON;

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

EID: 0031799711     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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