Schistosoma mansoni: A diagnostic approach to detect acute schistosomiasis infection in a murine model by PCR

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 84-88

  Sandoval, Nidia ^a   Siles Lucas, Mar ^a   Aban, Julio Lopez ^a   Pérez Arellano, José Luis ^b   Gárate, Teresa ^c   Muro, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comparison; deoxyribonucleic acid; Diagnosis; DNA; ELISA; enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Kato Katz; PCR; polymerase chain reaction; Schistosomiasis; Serology; Trematode; Urine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URINALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, HELMINTH; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

MURINAE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 33748544564     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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