Sensitive and specific target sequences selected from retrotransposons of Schistosoma japonicum for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis.

• Main Authors: Jun-Jie Guo (Author), Hua-Jun Zheng (Author), Jing Xu (Author), Xing-Quan Zhu (Author), Sheng-Yue Wang (Author), Chao-Ming Xia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis japonica is a serious debilitating and sometimes fatal disease. Accurate diagnostic tests play a key role in patient management and control of the disease. However, currently available diagnostic methods are not ideal, and the detection of the parasite DNA in blood sample...