Genetic polymorphism of the β-tubulin gene of Onchocerca volvulus in ivermectin naïve patients from Cameroon, and its relationship with fertility of the worms

Parasitology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 255-262

  Bourguinat, C ^a   Pion, S D S ^b   Kamgno, J ^c   Gardon, J ^c,d   Gardon Wendel, N ^c   Duke, B O L ^e   Prichard, R K ^a   Boussinesq, M ^c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e River Blindness Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

tubulin; Cameroon; Fertility; Genetic polymorphism; Onchocerca volvulus

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; IVERMECTIN;

ADULT; AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIFESPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CAMEROON; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TUBULIN;

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 32444445537     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005008899     Document Type: Article

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