Development and evaluation of a sensitive PCR-ELISA system for detection of schistosoma infection in feces.

• Váldodahkkit: Luciana Inácia Gomes (Dahkki), Letícia Helena Dos Santos Marques (Dahkki), Martin Johannes Enk (Dahkki), Maria Cláudia de Oliveira (Dahkki), Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho (Dahkki), Ana Rabello (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: A PCR-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (PCR-ELISA) was developed to overcome the need for sensitive techniques for the efficient diagnosis of Schistosoma infection in endemic settings with low parasitic burden. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: This system amplifies a 121-base pair tandem...