A Schistosoma haematobium-specific real-time PCR for diagnosis of urogenital schistosomiasis in serum samples of international travelers and migrants.

• मुख्य लेखकों: Lieselotte Cnops (लेखक), Patrick Soentjens (लेखक), Jan Clerinx (लेखक), Marjan Van Esbroeck (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of urogenital schistosomiasis by microscopy and serological tests may be elusive in travelers due to low egg load and the absence of seroconversion upon arrival. There is need for a more sensitive diagnostic test. Therefore, we developed a real-time PCR targeting the Schistosom...