In vivo imaging of schistosomes to assess disease burden using positron emission tomography (PET).

• Main Authors: Nicolas Salem (Author), Jason D Balkman (Author), Jing Wang (Author), David L Wilson (Author), Zhenghong Lee (Author), Christopher L King (Author), James P Basilion (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Schistosomes are chronic intravascular helminth parasites of humans causing a heavy burden of disease worldwide. Diagnosis of schistosomiasis currently requires the detection of schistosome eggs in the feces and urine of infected individuals. This method unreliably measures disease burden due to poo...