LARGE-SCALE, POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION-BASED SURVEILLANCE OF SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM DNA IN SNAILS FROM TRANSMISSION SITES IN COASTAL KENYA: A NEW TOOL FOR STUDYING THE DYNAMICS OF SNAIL INFECTION

Levels of prepatent Schistosoma haematobium infection were monitored in intermediate host snails (Bulinus nasutus) collected from transmission sites in coastal Kenya, using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay amplifying the Dra I repeated sequence of S. haematobium. The timing and number of prep...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2004-12, Vol.71 (6), p.765-773
Hauptverfasser:	HAMBURGER, JOSEPH, HOFFMAN, ORIT, KARIUKI, H. CURTIS, MUCHIRI, ERIC M, OUMA, JOHN H, KOECH, DAVY K, STURROCK, ROBERT F, KING, CHARLES H
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Biological and medical sciences Bulinus - parasitology Disease Vectors DNA, Protozoan - analysis Infectious diseases Kenya Medical sciences Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods Schistosoma haematobium - genetics Schistosoma haematobium - isolation & purification
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