An analysis of genetic diversity and inbreeding in Wuchereria bancrofti: Implications for the spread and detection of drug resistance

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Churcher, Thomas S ^a   Schwab, Anne E ^b   Prichard, Roger K ^b   Basáñez, María Gloria ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE; BETA TUBULIN; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TUBULIN;

ACCURACY; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INBREEDING; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SAMPLE SIZE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FILARICIDES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TUBULIN; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 48949118030     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000211     Document Type: Article

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