title: Preparation and shipping of Onchocerca volvulus material.
abstract: Instructions are provided for selection of nodules, isolation of female Onchocerca volvulus and shipping to obtain suitable, intact and live worms for drug-screening and metabolic studies in vitro as well as material for isolation of enzymes, receptors, antigens etc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, FRG.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Walter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003080:Cold Temperature; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D003012:Microbial Collagenase; D009854:Onchocerca / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009855:Onchocerciasis / Q000469:parasitology*; D011309:Preservation, Biological; D013048:Specimen Handling
chemical_list: D003012:Microbial Collagenase