Real-time PCR Demonstrates High Prevalence of Schistosoma japonicum in the Philippines: Implications for Surveillance and Control

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gordon, Catherine A ^a,b   Acosta, Luz P ^c   Gobert, Geoffrey N ^a   Olveda, Remigio M ^c   Ross, Allen G ^d   Williams, Gail M ^b   Gray, Darren J ^a,b,e   Harn, Donald ^f   Li, Yuesheng ^a   McManus, Donald P ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KATO KATZ METHOD; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHILIPPINES; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADULT; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA;

EID: 84922219825     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003483     Document Type: Article

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