A reverse transcriptase-PCR assay for detecting filarial infective larvae in mosquitoes

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Laney, Sandra J ^a   Buttaro, Caitlin J ^a   Visconti, Sabato ^a,b   Pilotte, Nils ^a   Ramzy, Reda M R ^c   Weil, Gary J ^d   Williams, Stevens A ^a,e  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^c National Nutrition Institute   (Egypt)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTATIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYACYLGLUTATHIONE HYDROLASE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; RNA; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; HELMINTH DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FILARIA; FILARIASIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LARVAL STAGE; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE DATABASE; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CULICIDAE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, HELMINTH; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 48949118049     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000251     Document Type: Article

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