Quantitative detection of Schistosoma japonicum cercariae in water by real-time PCR

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Hung, Yuen Wai ^a   Remais, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER; HELMINTH DNA; PRIMER DNA; WATER;

ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; VARIANCE; WATER SAMPLING; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; HUMANS; LARVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SNAILS; WATER;

EID: 65649099109     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000337     Document Type: Article

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