Toward molecular parasitologic diagnosis: Enhanced diagnostic sensitivity for filarial infections in mobile populations

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-47

  Fink, Doran L ^a,c   Fahle, Gary A ^b   Fischer, Steven ^b   Fedorko, Daniel F ^b   Nutman, Thomas B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FILTRATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PARASITOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; LOA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

LOA LOA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 78650862589     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01697-10     Document Type: Article

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