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Sources of variability in the measurement of Ascaris lumbricoides infection intensity by Kato-Katz and qPCR

BACKGROUND: Understanding and quantifying the sources and implications of error in the measurement of helminth egg intensity using Kato-Katz (KK) and the newly emerging “gold standard” quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) technique is necessary for the appropriate design of epidemiological...

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Autores principales: Easton, Alice V., Oliveira, Rita G., Walker, Martin, O’Connell, Elise M., Njenga, Sammy M., Mwandawiro, Charles S., Webster, Joanne P., Nutman, Thomas B., Anderson, Roy M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5445470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28545561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2164-y