Diagnosis of Wuchereria bancrofti infection by the polymerase chain reaction using urine and day blood samples from amicrofilaraemic patients

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 290-293

  Lucena, Wagner A ^a   Dhalia, Rafael ^a   Abath, Frederico G C ^a   Nicolas, Luc ^b   Regis, Leda N ^a   Furtado, André F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Blood; Diagnosis; Filariasis; Polymerase chain reaction; Urine; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA SEQUENCE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; URINALYSIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0031859656     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)91016-1     Document Type: Article

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