Conventional parasitology and DNA-based diagnostic methods for onchocerciasis elimination programmes

Acta Tropica

Volumn 146, Issue , 2015, Pages 114-118

  Lloyd, Melanie M ^a   Gilbert, Rebecca ^a   Taha, Nathalie Tebao ^b   Weil, Gary J ^a   Meite, Aboulaye ^b   Kouakou, Ilunga M M ^b   Fischer, Peter U ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of CÔte d'Ivoire   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Molecular diagnostics; Onchocerciasis; QPCR

Indexed keywords

DNA; IVERMECTIN;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DNA; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COTE D'IVOIRE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PALPATION; PREVALENCE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN SNIP; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCA; PARASITOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; COTE D'IVOIRE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN;

EID: 84926338524     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.03.019     Document Type: Article

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