Molecular diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis in faecal samples using real-time PCR

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 342-346

  Verweij, Jaco J ^a   Canales, Marco ^b   Polman, Katja ^c   Ziem, Juventus ^d   Brienen, Eric A T ^a   Polderman, Anton M ^a   van Lieshout, Lisette ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Baermann sedimentation; Diagnosis; Parasitic intestinal disease; Real time PCR; Strongyloides stercoralis; Strongyloidiasis

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA ISOLATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GHANA; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GHANA; HUMANS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; VERMES;

EID: 61449258214     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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