Molecular Diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis Infection by PCR Detection of Specific DNA in Human Stool Samples

Background: Strongyloidiasis is mostly an asymptomatic infection and diagnosis of latent infec­tions is difficult due to limitations of current parasitological and serological methods. This study was conducted to set up a PCR-based method for molecular diagnosis of Strongyloides stercor­alis infecti...

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Main Authors: H Moghaddassani, H Mirhendi, M Hosseini, MB Rokni, Gh Mowlavi, Eb Kia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2011-06-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Parasitology
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/175