Molecular epidemiology, phylogeny and evolution of the filarial nematode Wuchereria bancrofti

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 33-43

  Small, Scott T ^a   Tisch, Daniel J ^a   Zimmerman, Peter A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Filariasis; Genetics; Genomics; Molecular epidemiology; Transmission; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

DNA; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; BRUGIA MALAYI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FLOW; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; LIFE HISTORY; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROSCOPY; MIGRATION; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REVIEW; SYNTENY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 84907470122     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.08.018     Document Type: Review

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