Evaluation of polymerase chain reaction as an additional tool for the diagnosis of low-intensity Schistosoma mansoni infection

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 416-421

  Oliveira, Laura Maria Abreu ^a   Santos, Helena Lucia Carneiro ^a   Gonçalves, Margareth Maria Lessa ^a   Barreto, Magali Gonçalves Muniz ^b   Peralta, José Mauro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Low parasitic load; PCR; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

DNA 23S; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78649234359     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.07.016     Document Type: Article

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