Detection of Schistosoma mansoni cercariae in plankton samples by PCR

Acta Tropica

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-46

  Hertel, Jan ^a   Kedves, Korinna ^a   Hassan, Amaal H M ^b   Haberl, Bernhard ^a   Haas, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SOHAG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Detection; Molecular epidemiology; PCR; Plankton; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosoma rodhaini

Indexed keywords

DNA;

PLANKTON;

ARTICLE; CERCARIA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMA RODHAINI; SPECIES; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMA RODHAINI; TREMATODA;

EID: 2442693809     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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