Diagnosing Polyparasitism in a High-Prevalence Setting in Beira, Mozambique: Detection of Intestinal Parasites in Fecal Samples by Microscopy and Real-Time PCR.

• Main Authors: Lynn Meurs (Author), Anton M Polderman (Author), Natalie V S Vinkeles Melchers (Author), Eric A T Brienen (Author), Jaco J Verweij (Author), Bernhard Groosjohan (Author), Felisberto Mendes (Author), Manito Mechendura (Author), Dagmar H Hepp (Author), Marijke C C Langenberg (Author), Rosanne Edelenbosch (Author), Katja Polman (Author), Lisette van Lieshout (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Many different intestinal parasite species can co-occur in the same population. However, classic diagnostic tools can only frame a particular group of intestinal parasite species. Hence, one or two tests do not suffice to provide a complete picture of infecting parasite species in a given...