Establishing and evaluation of a polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Echinococcus multilocularis in human tissue.

• Main Authors: Johannes Grimm (Author), Julian Krickl (Author), Annika Beck (Author), Juliane Nell (Author), Monika Bergmann (Author), Dennis Tappe (Author), Beate Grüner (Author), Thomas Fe Barth (Author), Klaus Brehm (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is caused by metacestode larva of the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. AE diagnostics currently rely on imaging techniques supported by serology, but unequivocal detection of AE is difficult. Although polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-ba...