Rapid diagnostic multiplex PCR (RD-PCR) to discriminate Schistosoma haematobium and S. bovis

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-114

  Webster, B L ^a   Rollinson, D ^a   Stothard, J R ^a   Huyse, T ^b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CERCARIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE SEQUENCE; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LARVA; MIRACIDIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA BOVIS; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA;

BOS; BULINUS; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 77949589618     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X09990447     Document Type: Article

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