Combined detection of Brugia malayi and Wuchereria bancrofti using single PCR

Acta Tropica

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-237

  Mishra, Kirti ^a   Raj, Dipak Kumar ^a,b   Dash, A P ^a   Hazra, R K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Brugia malayi; Diagnosis; Polymerase chain reaction; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

FILARIASIS; HEALTH MONITORING; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA ISOLATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FILARIA; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

BRUGIA MALAYI; FILARIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 14844312904     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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