A real-time PCR-based assay for detection of Wuchereria bancrofti DNA in blood and mosquitoes

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 826-832

  Rao, Ramakrishna U ^a   Atkinson, Laura J ^a   Ramzy, Reda M R ^b   Helmy, Hanan ^b   Farid, Hoda A ^b   Bockarie, Moses J ^c,d   Susapu, Melinda ^c   Laney, Sandra J ^e   Williams, Steven A ^e   Weil, Gary J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOSQUITO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; BLOOD; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGYPT; EVALUATION; FILARIASIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOLBACHIA;

WOLBACHIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EGYPT; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOLBACHIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 33745042662     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.826     Document Type: Article

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