Population Genetics of the Filarial Worm Wuchereria bancrofti in a Post-treatment Region of Papua New Guinea: Insights into Diversity and Life History

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Small, Scott T ^a   Ramesh, Akshaya ^a   Bun, Krufinta ^a   Reimer, Lisa ^a,b   Thomsen, Edward ^a,b   Baea, Manasseh ^b   Bockarie, Moses J ^a,b,c   Siba, Peter ^b   Kazura, James W ^a   Tisch, Daniel J ^a   Zimmerman, Peter A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOCHROME OXIDASE 1 GENE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHOOL CHILD; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 84880815054     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002308     Document Type: Article

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