The iron distribution and magnetic properties of schistosome eggshells: implications for improved diagnostics.

• Main Authors: Stephan Karl (Author), Lucía Gutiérrez (Author), Rafael Lucyk-Maurer (Author), Roland Kerr (Author), Renata R F Candido (Author), Shu Q Toh (Author), Martin Saunders (Author), Jeremy A Shaw (Author), Alexandra Suvorova (Author), Andreas Hofmann (Author), Michael J House (Author), Robert C Woodward (Author), Carlos Graeff-Teixera (Author), Timothy G St Pierre (Author), Malcolm K Jones (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma japonicum are the most frequent causative agents of human intestinal schistosomiasis. Approximately 200 million people in the world are infected with schistosomes. Diagnosis of schistosomiasis is often difficult. High percentages of low level infection...