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Isolation of living adult Onchocerca volvulus from nodules.
- Source :
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Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie [Tropenmed Parasitol] 1977 Dec; Vol. 28 (4), pp. 428-30. - Publication Year :
- 1977
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Abstract
- A technique for the isolation of adult Onchocerca volvulus from excised onchocercomata is described. The nodules are incubated in medium 199 containing 1-5 mg collagenase and 0.2 mg gentamicin per ml for 6-48 hours in a waterbath at 30-37 degrees C. A proportion of the worms can be isolated alive.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0303-4208
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 203061