Detection of parasite-specific DNA in urine sediment obtained by filtration differentiates between single and mixed infections of Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium from endemic areas in Ghana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Lodh, Nilanjan ^a   Naples, Jean M ^a   Bosompem, Kwabena M ^b   Quartey, Joseph ^b   Shiff, Clive J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HELMINTH DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FILTRATION; GHANA; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS; URINE SEDIMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; COINFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; DNA, HELMINTH; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898424853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091144     Document Type: Article

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