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Characterization of a variant tandem repeat from Sudanese Onchocerca volvulus.
Tropical medicine and parasitology : official organ of Deutsche Tropenmedizinische Gesellschaft and of Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) - 1 Jun 1993
Kron M A, Ali M H
Abstract excerpt
Strategies for detection and control of onchocerciasis in Africa have included identification of DNA probes and PCR target sequences for sensitive and specific detection of parasites. To evaluate the applicability of published PCR and DNA probe based methods for the study of onchocerciasis in Sudan, we collected adult O. volvulus from geographically distinct regions of Sudan (700 miles apart), Abu Hamed (northern...
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