In Vivo Imaging of Schistosomes to Assess Disease Burden Using Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

BACKGROUND: 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 burde...

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Autores principales: Salem, Nicolas, Balkman, Jason D., Wang, Jing, Wilson, David L., Lee, Zhenghong, King, Christopher L., Basilion, James P.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2943464/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20877718
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000827

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