Expanding the MDx toolbox for filarial diagnosis and surveillance

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 391-400

  Alhassan, Andy ^a   Li, Zhiru ^a   Poole, Catherine B ^a   Carlow, Clotilde K S ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

Filariasis; Isothermal amplification; Molecular diagnostics

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FILARIASIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; ANIMAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; PARASITOLOGY; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ARTHROPODA; NEMATODA;

ANIMALS; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84938745127     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2015.04.006     Document Type: Review

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