Towards improved diagnosis of neglected zoonotic trematodes using a One Health approach

Acta Tropica

Volumn 141, Issue Part B, 2015, Pages 161-169

  Johansen, Maria Vang ^a   Lier, Tore ^b   Sithithaworn, Paiboon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Neglected Tropical Diseases; One Health; Trematode zoonoses

Indexed keywords

DNA; PRAZIQUANTEL;

DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG; FLATWORM; MORBIDITY; PARASITIC DISEASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLONORCHIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES ANALYSIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MORBIDITY; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ONE HEALTH; OPISTHORCHIS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MEKONGI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PARASITOLOGY; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CLONORCHIS; OPISTHORCHIS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MEKONGI; TREMATODA; VERMES;

ANIMALS; FECES; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84916927613     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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