Real-time polymerase chain reaction detection of angiostrongylus cantonensis DNA in cerebrospinal fluid from patients with eosinophilic meningitis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 176-181

  Qvarnstrom, Yvonne ^a   Xayavong, Maniphet ^b   Da Silva, Ana Cristina Aramburu ^c   Park, Sarah Y ^d   Christian, A Whelen ^e   Calimlim, Precilia S ^e   Sciulli, Rebecca H ^e   Honda, Stacey A A ^f   Higa, Karen ^g   Kitsutani, Paul ^h   Chea, Nora ⁱ   Heng, Seng ^j   Johnson, Stuart ^k   Graeff Teixeira, Carlos ^c   Fox, Leanne M ^a   Da Silva, Alexandre J ^l  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Life Source Biomedical LLC   (United States)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Hawaii Department of Health   (United States)

^f KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^j Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^k LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HELMINTH DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EOSINOPHILIC MENINGITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARVA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; ANIMAL; EOSINOPHILIA; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; STRONGYLE INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, HELMINTH; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954218438     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0146     Document Type: Article

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