A Novel Procedure for Precise Quantification of Schistosoma japonicum Eggs in Bovine Feces

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Xu, Bin ^a   Gordon, Catherine A ^b,c   Hu, Wei ^a   McManus, Donald P ^b   Chen, Hong Gen ^d   Gray, Darren J ^b,c   Ju, Chuan ^a   Zeng, Xiao Jun ^d   Gobert, Geoffrey N ^b   Ge, Jun ^d   Lan, Wei Ming ^d   Xie, Shu Ying ^d   Jiang, Wei Sheng ^d   Ross, Allen G ^e   Acosta, Luz P ^f   Olveda, Remigio ^f   Feng, Zheng ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Parasitic Disease Control   (China)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; BUFFALO; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FORMALIN ETHYL ACETATE SEDIMENTATION DIGESTION TECHNIQUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KATO KATZ TECHNIQUE; MIRACIDIAL HATCHING TEST; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHILIPPINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SEDIMENTATION;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHINA; FECES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PHILIPPINES; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA;

EID: 84870729281     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001885     Document Type: Article

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