Article
A DNA sequence specific for forest form Onchocerca volvulus.
Nature - 1 Jan 2000
Erttmann K D, Unnasch T R, Greene B M, Albiez E J, Boateng J, Denke A M, Ferraroni J J, Karam M, Schulz-Key H, Williams P N
Abstract excerpt
Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is caused by infection with Onchocerca volvulus, a filarial parasite which infects about 40 million people in Africa and Latin America. Epidemiological, clinical, entomological and serological studies of African onchocerciasis led to the hypothesis that Onchocerca volvulus exists in different forms in the forest and savannah. It is uncertain if these differences are due to...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- DNA
- DNA Restriction Enzymes
- Genetic Variation
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Onchocerca
- Species Specificity