Large-scale, polymerase chain reaction-based surveillance of Schistosoma haematobium DNA in snails from transmission sites in coastal Kenya: A new tool for studying the dynamics of snail infection

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 765-773

  Hamburger, Joseph ^a   Hoffman, Orit ^a   Kariuki, H Curtis ^b   Muchiri, Eric M ^b   Ouma, John H ^c   Koech, Davy K ^c   Sturrock, Robert F ^d   King, Charles H ^e  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d Case W Reserve Univ Sch of Med ^*  (Australia)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH DNA;

ARTICLE; BULINUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; KENYA; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

BULINUS; BULINUS NASUTUS; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 11344259269     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.765     Document Type: Article

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