Magnetic beads for schistosomiasis diagnosis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Jones, Malcolm K ^a,b   Balen, Julie ^a,b  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTAVIDIN; IRON; MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EGG SHELL; FECES ANALYSIS; HELMINTH; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAGNETISM; METABOLISM; NOTE; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA;

ANIMALS; FECES; HUMANS; IRON; MAGNETICS; MICROSPHERES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 47749140041     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000159     Document Type: Article

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