Detection of Wuchereria bancrofti L3 larvae in mosquitoes: A reverse transcriptase PCR assay evaluating infection and infectivity

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Laney, Sandra J ^a,b   Ramzy, Reda M R ^c   Helmy, Hanan H ^d   Farid, Hoda A ^d   Ashour, Ameen A ^e   Weil, Gary J ^f   Williams, Steven A ^a,g  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^c Nutrition Institute   (Egypt)

^d AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; HELMINTH RNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVAL STAGE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TPH 1 GENE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULICIDAE; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA PRIMERS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 77649212415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000602     Document Type: Article

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