Schistosoma real-time PCR as diagnostic tool for international travellers and migrants

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1208-1216

  Cnops, Lieselotte ^a   Tannich, Egbert ^b   Polman, Katja ^a   Clerinx, Jan ^a   Van Esbroeck, Marjan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Imported schistosomiasis; Real time PCR; Schistosoma; Travellers

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 28S;

FECES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERUM; URINE;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMPORIATRICS; FECES ANALYSIS; GENUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTPATIENT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STANDARD; TRAVEL; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DIAGNÓSTICO; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC; ESQUISTOSOMIASIS IMPORTADA; IMPORTED SCHISTOSOMIASIS; PCR A TIEMPO REAL; PCR EN TEMPS RÉEL; REAL-TIME PCR; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASE IMPORTÉE; TRAVELLERS; VIAJEROS; VOYAGEURS;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; DNA, HELMINTH; FECES; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TRAVEL;

BELGIUM;

SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 84866326441     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03060.x     Document Type: Article

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