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PCR and Mosquito dissection as tools to monitor filarial infection levels following mass treatment.

Goodman DS, Orelus JN, Roberts JM, Lammie PJ, Streit TG.

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PCR and dissection as tools to monitor filarial infection of Aedes polynesiensis mosquitoes in French Polynesia.

Plichart C, Sechan Y, Davies N, Legrand AM.

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Application of a polymerase chain reaction-ELISA to detect Wuchereria bancrofti in pools of wild-caught Anopheles punctulatus in a filariasis control area in Papua New Guinea.

Bockarie MJ, Fischer P, Williams SA, Zimmerman PA, Griffin L, Alpers MP, Kazura JW.

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Monitoring lymphatic filariasis interventions: Adult mosquito sampling, and improved PCR - based pool screening method for Wuchereria bancrofti infection in Anopheles mosquitoes.

Boakye DA, Baidoo HA, Glah E, Brown C, Appawu M, Wilson MD.

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RT-PCR assay for the detection of infective (L3) larvae of lymphatic filarial parasite, Wuchereria bancrofti, in vector mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus.

Vasuki V, Hoti SL, Patra KP.

J Vector Borne Dis. 2008 Sep;45(3):207-16.PMID: 18807377 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The impact of six rounds of single-dose mass administration of diethylcarbamazine or ivermectin on the transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti by Culex quinquefasciatus and its implications for lymphatic filariasis elimination programmes.

Ramaiah KD, Das PK, Vanamail P, Pani SP.

Trop Med Int Health. 2003 Dec;8(12):1082-92.PMID: 14641843 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Detection of Wuchereria bancrofti in mosquitoes by the polymerase chain reaction: a potentially useful tool for large-scale control programmes.

Farid HA, Hammad RE, Hassan MM, Morsy ZS, Kamal IH, Weil GJ, Ramzy RM.

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A simple and rapid DNA extraction method for the detection of Wuchereria bancrofti infection in the vector mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus by Ssp I PCR assay.

Vasuki V, Hoti SL, Sadanandane C, Jambulingam P.

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Laboratory evaluation of Ssp I PCR assay for the detection of Wuchereria bancrofti infection in Culex quinquefasciatus.

Hoti SL, Vasuki V, Patra KP, Hariths VR, Ravi G, Sushma S.

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A polymerase chain reaction-based assay for detection of Wuchereria bancrofti in human blood and Culex pipiens.

Ramzy RM, Farid HA, Kamal IH, Ibrahim GH, Morsy ZS, Faris R, Weil GJ, Williams SA, Gad AM.

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Evaluation of a PCR-ELISA to detect Wuchereria bancrofti in Culex pipiens from an Egyptian village with a low prevalence of filariasis.

Kamal IH, Fischer P, Adly M, El Sayed AS, Morsy ZS, Ramzy RM.

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Xenomonitoring of Wuchereria bancrofti and Dirofilaria immitis infections in mosquitoes from American Samoa: trapping considerations and a comparison of polymerase chain reaction assays with dissection.

Chambers EW, McClintock SK, Avery MF, King JD, Bradley MH, Schmaedick MA, Lammie PJ, Burkot TR.

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A critical appraisal of molecular xenomonitoring as a tool for assessing progress toward elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis.

Farid HA, Morsy ZS, Helmy H, Ramzy RM, El Setouhy M, Weil GJ.

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Detection of Wuchereria bancrofti L3 larvae in mosquitoes: a reverse transcriptase PCR assay evaluating infection and infectivity.

Laney SJ, Ramzy RM, Helmy HH, Farid HA, Ashour AA, Weil GJ, Williams SA.

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2010 Feb 16;4(2):e602.PMID: 20169115 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Changes in the haemocyte population of the mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus, following infection with the filarial parasite, Wuchereria bancrofti.

Paily KP, Abidha, Kumar BA, Balaraman K.

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Spatial clustering of filarial transmission before and after a Mass Drug Administration in a setting of low infection prevalence.

Washington CH, Radday J, Streit TG, Boyd HA, Beach MJ, Addiss DG, Lovince R, Lovegrove MC, Lafontant JG, Lammie PJ, Hightower AW.

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A polymerase chain reaction assay for the survey of bancroftian filariasis.

Chansiri K, Phantana S.

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Significant decrease in the prevalence of Wuchereria bancrofti infection in anopheline mosquitoes following the addition of albendazole to annual, ivermectin-based, mass treatments in Nigeria.

Richards FO Jr, Pam DD, Kal A, Gerlong GY, Onyeka J, Sambo Y, Danboyi J, Ibrahim B, Terranella A, Kumbak D, Dakul A, Lenhart A, Rakers L, Umaru J, Amadiegwu S, Withers PC Jr, Mafuyai H, Jinadu MY, Miri ES, Eigege A.

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A real-time PCR-based assay for detection of Wuchereria bancrofti DNA in blood and mosquitoes.

Rao RU, Atkinson LJ, Ramzy RM, Helmy H, Farid HA, Bockarie MJ, Susapu M, Laney SJ, Williams SA, Weil GJ.

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Entomological monitoring of annual mass drug administrations for the control or elimination of lymphatic filariasis.

Das PK, Ramaiah KD.

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