Genetic heterogeneity of Wuchereria bancrofti populations at spatially hierarchical levels in Pondicherry and surrounding areas, south India

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 644-652

  Hoti, S L ^a   Thangadurai, R ^a   Dhamodharan, R ^a   Das, P K ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; mf carrier; Rural; Urban; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VARIATION (GENETICS); WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 50249087419     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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