The detection of vector-borne-disease-related DNA in human stool paves the way to large epidemiological studies

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1021-1026

  Keita, Alpha Kabinet ^a   Fenollar, Florence ^a   Socolovschi, Cristina ^a   Ratmanov, Pavel ^d   Bassene, Hubert ^a   Sokhna, Cheikh ^a   Tall, Adama ^c   Mediannikov, Oleg ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^d FAR EASTERN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Africa; Fecal samples; Human; Plasmodium spp; Rickettsia spp

Indexed keywords

DNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SENEGALESE; VECTOR BORNE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; SENEGAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; SENEGAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84942550168     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-015-0022-9     Document Type: Article

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