Distribution of Brugia malayi larvae and DNA in vector and non-vector mosquitoes: Implications for molecular diagnostics

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Erickson, Sara M ^a   Fischer, Kerstin ^b   Weil, Gary J ^b   Christensen, Bruce M ^a   Fischer, Peter U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN BM14; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BRUGIA MALAYI; CULEX PIPIENS; DNA DETERMINATION; LARVA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BRUGIA MALAYI; CULEX PIPIENS;

EID: 72949109383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-2-56     Document Type: Article

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