PCR diagnosis of Opisthorchis viverrini and Haplorchis taichui infections in a Lao community in an area of endemicity and comparison of diagnostic methods for parasitological field surveys

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1517-1523

  Lovis, Leonore ^a,b   Mak, Tippi K ^b   Phongluxa, Khampheng ^b,c   Soukhathammavong, Phonepasong ^b,c   Sayasone, Somphou ^b,c   Akkhavong, Kongsap ^c   Odermatt, Peter ^b   Keiser, Jennifer ^b   Felger, Ingrid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c National Institute of Public Health   (Laos)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ETHER; FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; HAPLORCHIS TAICHUI INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPISTHORCHIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HETEROPHYIDAE; HUMANS; LAOS; OPISTHORCHIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HAPLORCHIS TAICHUI; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI;

EID: 66149088537     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02011-08     Document Type: Article

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