A field trial of a PCR-based Mansonella ozzardi diagnosis assay detects high-levels of submicroscopic M. ozzardi infections in both venous blood samples and FTA® card dried blood spots

BACKGROUND: Mansonella ozzardi is a poorly understood human filarial parasite with a broad distribution throughout Latin America. Most of what is known about its parasitism has come from epidemiological studies that have estimated parasite incidence using light microscopy. Light microscopy can, howe...

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Autores principales: Medeiros, Jansen Fernandes, Almeida, Tatiana Amaral Pires, Silva, Lucyane Bastos Tavares, Rubio, Jose Miguel, Crainey, James Lee, Pessoa, Felipe Arley Costa, Luz, Sergio Luiz Bessa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4472411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25990611
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0889-z

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