Performance of a real-time PCR approach for diagnosing Schistosoma haematobium infections of different intensity in urine samples from Zanzibar

• Main Authors: Dominique Keller (Author), Julian Rothen (Author), Jean-Pierre Dangy (Author), Corina Saner (Author), Claudia Daubenberger (Author), Fiona Allan (Author), Shaali M. Ame (Author), Said M. Ali (Author), Fatma Kabole (Author), Jan Hattendorf (Author), David Rollinson (Author), Ralf Seyfarth (Author), Stefanie Knopp (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Efforts to control and eliminate schistosomiasis have accelerated over the past decade. As parasite burden, associated morbidity and egg excretion decrease, diagnosis with standard parasitological methods becomes harder. We assessed the robustness and performance of a real-time P...