Short report: Impact of short-time urine freezing on the sensitivity of an established Schistosoma real-time PCR assay

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1153-1155

  Kenguele, Hilaire M ^a   Adegnika, Ayola A ^b,c,d   Nkoma, Anne Marie ^b,c,d   Ateba Ngoa, Ulysse ^b,c,d   Mbong, Mirabeau ^b,c,d   Zinsou, Jeannot ^b,c,d   Lell, Bertrand ^b,c,d   Verweij, Jaco J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES DE MASUKU   (Gabon)

^b CERMEL Centre de Recherche Médicale de Lambaréné   (Gabon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMAN; MALE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

HELMINTH DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; DNA, HELMINTH; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMANS; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902288202     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0005     Document Type: Article

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