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Real-time PCR detection of the HhaI tandem DNA repeat in pre- and post-patent Brugia malayi infections: a study in Indonesian transmigrants

BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis caused by Wuchereria bancrofti or Brugia spp. is a public health problem in developing countries. To monitor bancroftian filariasis infections, Circulating Filarial Antigen (CFA) test is commonly used, but for brugian infections only microfilariae (Mf) microscopy and...

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Autores principales: Albers, Anna, Sartono, Erliyani, Wahyuni, Sitti, Yazdanbakhsh, Maria, Maizels, Rick M, Klarmann-Schulz, Ute, Pfarr, Kenneth, Hoerauf, Achim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4021971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24685183
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-146