Rapid Detection of Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi in Mosquito Vectors (Diptera: Culicidae) Using a Real-Time Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Multiplex PCR and Melting Curve Analysis

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 158-164

  Intapan, Pewpan M ^a,b   Thanchomnang, Tongjit ^a,b   Lulitanond, Viraphong ^a,b   Maleewong, Wanchai ^a,b  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Brugia malayi; Detection; Mosquitoes; Real time fluorescence resonance energy transfer multiplex polymerase chain reaction; Wuchereria hancrofti

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH DNA; PRIMER DNA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CULEX; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LARVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 59149098561     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0119     Document Type: Article

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