RT-PCR assay for the detection of infective (L3) larvae of lymphatic filarial parasite, Wuchereria bancrofti, in vector mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 207-216

  Vasuki, V ^a   Hoti, S L ^a   Patra, K P ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Culex quinquefasciatus; Infective larva (L3); RT PCR assay; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DNA LIBRARY; DNA PURIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; INFECTION RATE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; UPREGULATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; CULEX; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 52249088833     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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