PCR for enteric pathogens in high-prevalence settings. What does a positive signal tell us?

Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 491-498

  Frickmann, Hagen ^a,b   Schwarz, Norbert G ^c   Rakotozandrindrainy, Raphael ^d   May, Jürgen ^c   Hagen, Ralf M ^a  

^a Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Hamburg   (Germany)

^b University Hospital of Rostock   (Denmark)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

asymptomatic carriage; diarrhoea; DNA residual; Enteric pathogen; high endemicity setting

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; LOSS OF APPETITE; MADAGASCAR; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SALMONELLA; SCHOOL CHILD; SHIGELLA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; YERSINIA; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COCCIDIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENTAMOEBA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HELMINTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCCIDIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENTAMOEBA; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84983146330     PISSN: 23744235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/23744235.2015.1022212     Document Type: Article

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