Laboratory evaluation of Ssp I PCR assay for the detection of Wuchereria bancrofti infection in Culex quinquefasciatus

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 114, Issue AUG., 2001, Pages 59-64

  Hoti, S L ^a   Vasuki, V ^a   Patra, K P ^a   Hariths, V R ^a   Ravi, G ^a   Sushma, S ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Culex quinquefasciatus; Infection detection; Lymphatic filariasis; Polymerase chain reaction; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

DNA; DODECYL SULFATE; GUANIDINE;

ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DISSECTION; ERADICATION THERAPY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RATE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROSCOPY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FILARIASIS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN KINASES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0035677150     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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