Onchocerca ochengi: Morphological identification of the L3 in wild Simulium damnosum s.l., verified by DNA probes

Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 337-348

  Wahl, G ^a,b   Schibel, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA probes; Identification; L3; Morphology; Onchocerca ochengi; Onchocerca volvulus; Onchocerciasis; Simulium damnosum s.l.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CATTLE DISEASE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROBE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA PROBES; DNA, HELMINTH; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULIIDAE;

BOS TAURUS; FILARIA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

EID: 0031950098     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097002321     Document Type: Article

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