Evidence against Wolbachia symbiosis in Loa loa

Filaria Journal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages

  McGarry, Helen F ^a   Pfarr, Ken ^b   Egerton, Gill ^a   Hoerauf, Achim ^b   Akue, Jean Paul ^c   Enyong, Peter ^d   Wanji, Samuel ^e   Kläger, Sabine L ^f   Bianco, Albert E ^g   Beeching, Nick J ^a   Taylor, Mark J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c International Centre for Medical Research   (Gabon)

^d Tropical Medicine Research Station   (Cameroon)

^e Res Found in Trop Dis/Environ   (Cameroon)

^f CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA 16S; FTSZ PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; RABBIT ANTISERUM; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA PURIFICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LITOMOSOIDES SIGMODONTIS; LOA LOA; MALE; MANSONELLA; MANSONELLA PERSTANS; MICROFILARIA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SPECIES; SYMBIOSIS; VOLUNTEER; WOLBACHIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0142104462     PISSN: 14752883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2883-2-9     Document Type: Article

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