Comparison of real-time pcr and kato smear microscopy for the detection of hookworm infections in three consecutive faecal samples from schoolchildren in ghana

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 269-271

  van Mens, Suzan P ^a   Aryeetey, Yvonne ^b   Yazdanbakhshc, Maria ^c   van Lieshoutc, Lisette ^c   Boakyec, Daniel ^c   Verweij, Jaco J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ghana; Hookworm infection; Microscopy; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; KATO SMEAR MICROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NECATOR AMERICANUS; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; CHILD; FECES; FEMALE; GHANA; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882992606     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trs094     Document Type: Article

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