Rapid molecular assays for specific detection and quantitation of Loa loa microfilaremia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Fink, Doran L ^a,c   Kamgno, Joseph ^b   Nutman, Thomas B ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEROON; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOA LOA; LOIASIS; MICROFILARIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LOA; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEMALE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; LOA; LOIASIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITOLOGY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80052398757     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001299     Document Type: Article

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