Development of a quantitative, competitive polymerase chain reaction-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of Wuchereria bancrofti DNA

Parasitology Research

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 176-183

  Fischer, Peter ^b   Liu, Xiaole ^b   Lizotte Waniewski, Michelle ^b   Kamal, Ibrahim H ^a   Ramzy, Reda M R ^a   Williams, Steven A ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIASIS; MICROFILARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA PROBES; DNA, HELMINTH; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0032946196     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050531     Document Type: Article

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