PCR and mosquito dissection as tools to monitor filarial infection levels following mass treatment

Filaria Journal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Goodman, David S ^a   Orelus, Jean Nicolas ^b   Roberts, Jacquelin M ^a   Lammie, Patrick J ^a   Streit, Thomas G ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Sainte Croix Hospital   (Haïti)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DESICCATION; DISSECTION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HAITI; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LARVA; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 2942550642     PISSN: 14752883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2883-2-11     Document Type: Article

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