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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 95, 2001 - Issue 8
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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

I. H. KamalResearch and Training Center on Vectors of Diseases, Faculty of Science Building, Ain Shams University, Ahbassia Square, Cairo11566, Egypt
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P. FischerBernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse 74, 20359Hamburg, Germany
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M. AdlyResearch and Training Center on Vectors of Diseases, Faculty of Science Building, Ain Shams University, Ahbassia Square, Cairo11566, Egypt
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A. S. El SayedResearch and Training Center on Vectors of Diseases, Faculty of Science Building, Ain Shams University, Ahbassia Square, Cairo11566, Egypt
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Z. S. MorsyResearch and Training Center on Vectors of Diseases, Faculty of Science Building, Ain Shams University, Ahbassia Square, Cairo11566, Egypt
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R. M. R. RamzyResearch and Training Center on Vectors of Diseases, Faculty of Science Building, Ain Shams University, Ahbassia Square, Cairo11566, EgyptCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 833-841 | Received 10 Jul 2001, Accepted 13 Sep 2001, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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