O-5S quantitative real-time PCR: a new diagnostic tool for laboratory confirmation of human onchocerciasis

O-5S quantitative real-time PCR: a new diagnostic tool for laboratory confirmation of human onchocerciasis

Abstract Background Onchocerciasis is a parasitic disease caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus. In endemic areas, the diagnosis is commonly confirmed by microscopic examination of skin snip samples, though this technique is considered to have low sensitivity. The available melting-cur...

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Main Authors: Solomon A. Mekonnen, Marcus Beissner, Malkin Saar, Solomon Ali, Ahmed Zeynudin, Kassahun Tesfaye, Mulatu G. Adbaru, Florian Battke, Sven Poppert, Michael Hoelscher, Thomas Löscher, Gisela Bretzel, Karl-Heinz Herbinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Confirmation
Microscopy
Molecular diagnosis
Onchocerciasis
O-5S qPCR
O-150 qPCR
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-017-2382-3

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