Genome filtering for new DNA biomarkers of Loa loa infection suitable for loop-mediated isothermal amplification

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Poole, Catherine B ^a   Ettwiller, Laurence ^a   Tanner, Nathan A ^a   Evans, Thomas C ^a   Wanji, Samuel ^b   Carlow, Clotilde K S ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

^b Research Foundation in Tropical Diseases and Environment   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; REPETITIVE DNA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HELMINTH DNA;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOME; HUMAN; LOA LOA; LOIASIS; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPEAT FAMILY 4; RETROPOSON; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; BLOOD; GENETICS; LOA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, HELMINTH; GENOME, HELMINTH; HUMANS; LOA; LOIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84946912745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139286     Document Type: Article

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