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Molecular Characterization of a Reemergent Brugia malayi Parasite in Sri Lanka, Suggestive of a Novel Strain.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2021
Mallawarachchi C H, Chandrasena T G A N, Withanage G P, Premarathna R, Mallawarachchi S M N S M, Gunawardane Nilmini Y, Dasanayake Ranil S, Gunarathna Dinesh, de Silva N R
Abstract excerpt
Sri Lanka achieved elimination status for lymphatic filariasis in 2016; still, the disease remains a potential public health issue. The present study is aimed at identifying a subperiodic Brugia sp. parasite which has reemerged in Sri Lanka after four decades via molecular-based analysis. Polymerase chain reaction performed with pan-filarial primers specific for the internal transcribed spacer region-2 (ITS-2) of...
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