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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Michalski, Michelle L ^a   Griffiths, Kathryn G ^a   Williams, Steven A ^b   Kaplan, Ray M ^c   Moorhead, Andrew R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUGIA MALAYI; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DNA LIBRARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FILARIASIS; FUNDING; GERBIL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LITOMOSOIDES SIGMODONTIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; TICK; ANIMAL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL; UNITED STATES;

DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FILARIASIS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES (U.S.); RESEARCH PERSONNEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82555173811     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001261     Document Type: Review

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