Nested PCR to detect and distinguish the sympatric filarial species Onchocerca volvulus, Mansonella ozzardi and Mansonella perstans in the Amazon Region

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 823-828

  Tang, Thuy Huong Ta ^a   López Vélez, Rogelio ^c   Lanza, Marta ^a   Shelley, Anthony John ^d   Rubio, Jose Miguel ^a   Luz, Sérgio Luiz Bessa ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO LEÔNIDAS E MARIA DEANE   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Brazil; ITS 1; Mansonelliasis; Nested PCR; Onchocerciasis

Indexed keywords

FILARIA; MANSONELLA OZZARDI; MANSONELLA PERSTANS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 77958015424     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000600016     Document Type: Article

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