Polymerase chain reaction-based detection of lymphatic filariasis

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-7

  Fischer, Peter ^a   Boakye, Daniel ^b   Hamburger, Joseph ^c  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blood; Diagnosis; Filariasis; Mosquitoes; Sputum

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; BRUGIA TIMORI; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FILARIASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM INFECTION; MASS SCREENING; MOSQUITO; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0037297377     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-002-0152-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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