Lymphatic filarial species differentiation using evolutionarily modified tandem repeats: Generation of new genetic markers

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 591-594

  Sakthidevi, Moorthy ^a   Murugan, Vadivel ^a   Hoti, Sugeerappa Laxmanappa ^b   Kaliraj, Perumal ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Abundant larval transcript 2 (alt 2); Co infection; Intron tandem repeat; Lymphatic filariasis; PCR based diagnostic

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANT LARVAL TRANSCRIPT 2; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS; BRUGIA MALAYI; BRUGIAN FILARIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BRUGIA MALAYI; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, HELMINTH; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 77951974233     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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