Association between mannose-binding lectin polymorphisms and Wuchereria bancrofti infection in two communities in North-Eastern Tanzania

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-120

  Meyrowitsch, Dan W ^a   Simonsen, Paul E ^b   Garred, Peter ^c   Dalgaard, Michael ^d   Magesa, Stephen M ^e   Alifrangis, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CIRCULATING FILARIAL ANTIGEN; IVERMECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN 2; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FILARIASIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HOST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TANZANIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TANZANIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 74049127243     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0342     Document Type: Article

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