An internal control for the detection of Onchocerca volvulus DNA by PCR-ELISA and rapid detection of specific PCR products by DNA Detection Test Strips™

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 526-531

  Pischke, S ^a   Buttner D W ^a   Liebau, E ^a   Fischer, Peter ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; DNA probes; Onchocerciasis; PCR; Skin snips

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH DNA;

HEALTH MONITORING; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANSONELLA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SKIN BIOPSY; STANDARDIZATION; TEST STRIP;

ANIMALS; DNA PROBES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

MANSONELLA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; VERMES;

EID: 0036274777     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00890.x     Document Type: Article

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