A new approach to characterize populations of Schistosoma mansoni from humans: Development and assessment of microsatellite analysis of pooled miracidia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 322-331

  Hanelt, B ^a   Steinauer, M L ^a   Mwangi, I N ^b   Maina, G M ^b   Agola, L E ^b   Mkoji, G M ^b   Loker, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Binning; Kato Katz; Kenya; Microsatellite; Miracidia; Pooling; Schistosoma mansoni; Worm burden

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FLATWORM; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE POOL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROANALYSIS; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MIRACIDIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; WORM EGG;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; FECES; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 60349107822     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02226.x     Document Type: Article

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