Real-time PCR for detection of low intensity Schistosoma japonicum infections in a pig model

Acta Tropica

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-80

  Lier, T ^a,b   Johansen, M V ^c   Hjelmevoll, S O ^a   Vennervald, B J ^c   Simonsen, G S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Animal model; Diagnosis; QIAamp Stool Mini Kit; ROSE extraction; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PRAZIQUANTEL; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANTIGEN; FECAL COLIFORM; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE; PIG; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEDIMENTATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX I; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 37149028813     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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