Diagnosing schistosomiasis: Where are we?

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-11

  Gomes, Luciana Inácia ^a   Enk, Martin Johannes ^b   Rabello, Ana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Human schistosomiasis; Immunological and molecular methods; Parasitological; Review

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DNA;

DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; DNA, HELMINTH; FECES; HUMANS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 84895756404     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0231-2013     Document Type: Review

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