Isolation of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae from archived stained blood slides for use in genetic studies and amplification of parasite and endosymbiont genes

Acta Tropica

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-5

  Bisht, Rekha ^a   Hoti, S L ^a   Thangadurai, R ^a   Das, P K ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Dried blood smears; Gene amplification; Microfilaria isolation; Population genetic analysis; RAPD PCR; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BLOOD; DNA; ENDOSYMBIONT; FILARIASIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC ISOLATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; NEMATODE; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; FILARIASIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INDIA; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; VARIATION (GENETICS); WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WOLBACHIA SP.; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 33748741552     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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