Comparison of novel and standard diagnostic tools for the detection of Schistosoma mekongi infection in Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Cambodia

BACKGROUND: Given the restricted distribution of Schistosoma mekongi in one province in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) and two provinces in Cambodia, together with progress of the national control programmes aimed at reducing morbidity and infection prevalence, the elimination of schisto...

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Autores principales: Vonghachack, Youthanavanh, Sayasone, Somphou, Khieu, Virak, Bergquist, Robert, van Dam, Govert J., Hoekstra, Pytsje T., Corstjens, Paul L. A. M., Nickel, Beatrice, Marti, Hanspeter, Utzinger, Jürg, Muth, Sinuon, Odermatt, Peter
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/PMC5550959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28793922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-017-0335-x