Case report: The potential of molecular diagnosis of cutaneous ectopic schistosomiasis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 958-959

  Van Dijk, Karin ^a   Starink, Markus V ^a   Bart, Aldert ^a   Nijhuis, Erik W P ^b   Van Der Wal, Allard C ^a   Van Thiel, Pieter P A M ^a   De Vries, Henry J C ^a   Van Gool, Tom ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN; PRAZIQUANTEL; RIBOSOME RNA; ANTISCHISTOSOMAL AGENT; HELMINTH DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 28S;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CUTANEOUS ECTOPIC SCHISTOSOMIASIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; MALAWI; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEROLOGY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; TRAVEL;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; PRAZIQUANTEL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMICIDES; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; TRAVEL;

EID: 79958029155     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0304     Document Type: Article

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