Prospective European-wide multicentre study on a blood based real-time PCR for the diagnosis of acute schistosomiasis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wichmann, Dominic ^a   Poppert, Sven ^b   Von Thien, Heidrun ^b   Clerinx, Joannes ^c   Dieckmann, Sebastian ^d   Jensenius, Mogens ^e   Parola, Philippe ^f   Richter, Joachim ^g   Schunk, Mirjam ^h   Stich, August ⁱ   Zanger, Philipp ^j   Burchard, Gerd D ^a,b   Tannich, Egbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^g HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

ⁱ Missionsaerztliche Klinik   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH DNA; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMPORIATRICS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EUROPE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROSCOPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TRAVEL; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873048666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-55     Document Type: Article

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