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PERSISTENCE OF BRUGIA MALAYI DNA IN VECTOR AND NON-VECTOR MOSQUITOES: IMPLICATIONS FOR XENOMONITORING AND TRANSMISSION MONITORING OF LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS
1 Mar 2007
Abstract excerpt
Xenomonitoring (detection of filarial larvae or their DNA in mosquitoes) is a sensitive marker for assessing the endemicity of filariasis and a useful tool for evaluating elimination programs. To examine the fate of microfilariae (mf) and filarial DNA in vector competent and non-competent mosquito strains, we compared the detection of Brugia malayi parasites by dissection and by quantitative real-time polymerase...
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