Improving diagnosis of urogenital schistosome infection

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 863-865

  Mutapi, Francisca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diagnosis; PCR; Schistosoma haematobium; urogenital schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRA1 GENE; GENE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 80053645939     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eri.11.101     Document Type: Review

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