Determining the prevalence of Oesophagostomum bifurcum and Necator americanus infections using specific PCR amplification of DNA from faecal samples

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 726-731

  Verweij, J J ^a   Pit, D S S ^a   Van Lieshout, L ^a   Baeta, S M ^b   Dery, G D ^c   Gasser, R B ^d   Polderman, A M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LOMÉ   (Togo)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Necator americanus; Oesophagostomum bifurcum; Parasitic nematodes; Specific diagnosis by PCR

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MONITORING;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FECES ANALYSIS; GHANA; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECATOR AMERICANUS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOGO;

ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; GHANA; HUMANS; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NECATORIASIS; OESOPHAGOSTOMIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOGO;

GHANA; TOGO;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NEMATODA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM BIFURCUM;

EID: 0034845816     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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