Meta-analysis of variable-temperature PCR technique performance for diagnosising Schistosoma japonicum infections in humans in endemic areas.

• Main Authors: Meng-Tao Sun (Author), Man-Man Gu (Author), Jie-Ying Zhang (Author), Qiu-Fu Yu (Author), Poppy H L Lamberton (Author), Da-Bing Lu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>As China is moving onto schistosomiasis elimination/eradication, diagnostic methods with both high sensitivity and specificity for Schistosoma japonicum infections in humans are urgently needed. Microscopic identification of eggs in stool is proven to have poor sensiti...