Real-time PCR demonstrates high prevalence of Schistosoma japonicum in the Philippines: implications for surveillance and control.

• Autores principales: Catherine A Gordon (Autor), Luz P Acosta (Autor), Geoffrey N Gobert (Autor), Remigio M Olveda (Autor), Allen G Ross (Autor), Gail M Williams (Autor), Darren J Gray (Autor), Donald Harn (Autor), Yuesheng Li (Autor), Donald P McManus (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:The Philippines has a population of approximately 103 million people, of which 6.7 million live in schistosomiasis-endemic areas with 1.8 million people being at risk of infection with Schistosoma japonicum. Although the country-wide prevalence of schistosomiasis japonica in the Philippin...