An allele specific PCR assay for screening for drug resistance among Wuchereria bancrofti populations in India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-199

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

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

tubulin; Albendazole; Anthelmintic resistance; Benzimidazole; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; BETA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN ISOTYPE 1; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ALBENDAZOLE; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TUBULIN; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 70349553668     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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