Detection of Schistosoma mansoni infection by TaqMan® Real-Time PCR in a hamster model

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-89

  Espírito Santo, Maria Cristina Carvalho ^a   Alvarado Mora, Mónica Viviana ^a   Pinto, Pedro Luiz Silva ^b   de Brito, Thales ^a   Botelho Lima, Lívia ^a   Heath, Ashley Richard ^e   Amorim, Maria Galli ^d   Dias Neto, Emmanuel ^a,d   Chieffi, Pedro Paulo ^a,c   Pinho, João Renato Rebello ^a   Carrilho, Flair José ^a   Albuquerque Luna, Expedito José ^a   Gryschek, Ronaldo Cesar Borges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria de Estado da Saude de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^c FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^e Sigma Life Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumoval precipitin test; Histopathology; Kato Katz method; S. mansoni; TaqMan Real Time PCR system

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CERCARIA; CIRCUMOVAL PRECIPITIN TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HAMSTER MODEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KATO KATZ TECHNIQUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; WORM EGG;

CIRCUMOVAL PRECIPITIN TEST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KATO-KATZ METHOD; S. MANSONI; TAQMAN® REAL-TIME PCR SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, HELMINTH; FECES; INTESTINES; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; PRECIPITIN TESTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN;

EID: 84904598997     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2014.05.013     Document Type: Article

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