Short report: Polymerase chain reaction pool screening used to compare prevalence of infective black flies in two onchocerciasis foci in Northern Sudan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 753-756

  Higazi, Tarig B ^a   Zarroug, Isam M A ^b   Mohamed, Hanan A ^b   Mohamed, Wigdan A ^b   Deran, Tong Chor M ^b   Aziz, Nabil ^c   Katabarwa, Moses ^c   Hassan, Hassan K ^d   Unnasch, Thomas R ^d   Mackenzie, Charles D ^e   Richards, Frank ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

^c CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SIMULIIDAE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUDAN; ZOOLOGY; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SEASON; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SUDAN;

EID: 79958703132     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0009     Document Type: Article

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