Diagnosis of Brugian Filariasis by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Poole, Catherine B ^a   Tanner, Nathan A ^a   Zhang, Yinhua ^a   Evans, Thomas C ^a   Carlow, Clotilde K S ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; BRUGIA TIMORI; BRUGIAN FILARIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURBIDITY;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; DNA, HELMINTH; DOGS; FILARIASIS; FLUOROMETRY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872042846     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001948     Document Type: Article

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