Test strip detection of Wuchereria bancrofti amplified DNA in wild-caught Culex pipiens and estimation of infection rate by a PoolScreen algorithm

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 158-163

  Helmy, Hanan ^a   Fischer, Peter ^b   Farid, Hoda A ^a   Bradley, Mark H ^c   Ramzy, Reda M R ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Egypt; Filariasis; PCR test strips; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ETHIDIUM BROMIDE;

DISEASE CONTROL; FILARIASIS; MOSQUITO;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; DISEASE CARRIER; EGYPT; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TECHNIQUE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CULEX; DNA, HELMINTH; EGYPT; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NILE DELTA; NORTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CULEX PIPIENS; FILARIA; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0842287119     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01155.x     Document Type: Article

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