Detection of Wuchereria bancrofti in mosquitoes by the polymerase chain reaction: A potentially useful tool for large-scale control programmes

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-32

  Farid, Hoda A ^a   Hammad, Ragaa E ^a   Hassan, Marah M ^a   Morsy, Zakariya S ^a   Kamal, Ibrahim H ^a   Weil, Gary J ^b   Ramzy, Reda M R ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Control programmes; Culex pipiens; Egypt; Filariasis; Lymphatic filariasis; Prevalence; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA SEQUENCE; EGG LAYING; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

CULEX PIPIENS; NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0035724571     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90322-0     Document Type: Article

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