Laser-assisted microdissection for the study of the ecology of parasites in their hosts: Technical Advances

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 480-486

  Post, R J ^a   Crainey, J L ^b   Bivand, A ^b   Renz, A ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA profiling; Filariae; Laser microdissection; Microfilariae; Onchocerca ochengi; PCR

Indexed keywords

BOS; FILARIA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI;

EID: 60349097299     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02437.x     Document Type: Article

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