TY - JOUR AU - Ta Tang, Thuy-Huong AU - López-Vélez, Rogelio AU - Lanza-Suarez, Marta AU - Shelley, Anthony John AU - Rubio Muñoz, Jose Miguel AU - Luz, Sérgio Luiz Bessa PY - 2010 DO - 10.1590/s0074-02762010000600016 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/9811 AB - We present filaria-nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which is based on amplification of first internal transcribed spacer rDNA to distinguish three parasitic filarial species (Onchocerca volvulus, Mansonella ozzardi and Mansonella perstans) that... LA - eng PB - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) KW - Animals KW - Brazil KW - DNA, Protozoan KW - DNA, Ribosomal KW - Humans KW - Mansonella KW - Onchocerca volvulus KW - RNA, Ribosomal, 18S KW - Reproducibility of Results KW - Species Specificity KW - Polymerase Chain Reaction TI - Nested PCR to detect and distinguish the sympatric filarial species Onchocerca volvulus, Mansonella ozzardi and Mansonella perstans in the Amazon Region TY - journal article ER -