Comparison of a polymerase chain reaction and the Kato-Katz technique for diagnosing infection with Schistosoma mansoni

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 652-656

  Pontes, Luis A ^a   Oliveira, Maria C ^a   Katz, Naftale ^a   Dias Neto, Emmanuel ^b   Rabello, Ana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVALUATION; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0041736481     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.652     Document Type: Article

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