Molecular studies of Onchocerca volvulus isolates from Mexico

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 171-176

  Ramírez Ramírez, Alicia ^a   Sánchez Tejeda, Gustavo ^b   Méndez Galván, Jorge ^b   Unnasch, Thomas R ^c   Monroy Ostria, Amalia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b Centro Nacional de Vigilancia Epidemiológica   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographical diversity; Isolate; Mexico; Molecular probe; Onchocerca volvulus

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA PROBE; DNA TEMPLATE; FLY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PROBES; DNA, HELMINTH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, HELMINTH; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MEXICO; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SIMULIIDAE; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIIDAE; VERMES;

EID: 33645558577     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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