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

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

Abstract 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...

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Main Authors: Youthanavanh Vonghachack, Somphou Sayasone, Virak Khieu, Robert Bergquist, Govert J. van Dam, Pytsje T. Hoekstra, Paul L. A. M. Corstjens, Beatrice Nickel, Hanspeter Marti, Jürg Utzinger, Sinuon Muth, Peter Odermatt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Cambodia
Food-borne trematodes
Kato-Katz
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen
Schistosoma mekongi
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-017-0335-x

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