High Prevalence of Schistosoma japonicum and Fasciola gigantica in Bovines from Northern Samar, the Philippines

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Gordon, Catherine A ^a,b   Acosta, Luz P ^c   Gobert, Geoffrey N ^a   Jiz, Mario ^c   Olveda, Remigio M ^c   Ross, Allen G ^d   Gray, Darren J ^a,b,e   Williams, Gail M ^b   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

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BOVINAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORMALIN ETHYL ACETATE SEDIMENTATION TECHNIQUE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; BOVINE; BUFFALO; CATTLE DISEASES; CHINA; FASCIOLA; FECES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHILIPPINES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHINA; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; HUMANS; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84924078705     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003108     Document Type: Article

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