Development and laboratory evaluation of a polymerase chain reaction for monitoring Schistosoma mansoni infestation of water

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 468-473

  Hamburger, Joseph ^a   Yu Xin, Xu ^b,c   Ramzy, Reda M ^d   Jourdane, Joseph ^e   Ruppel, Andreas ^f  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CERCARIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; INFESTATION; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; WATER CONTAMINATION; WORM EGG;

EID: 0031682745     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.468     Document Type: Article

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