Pooling as a strategy for the timely diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminths in stool: value and reproducibility

Pooling as a strategy for the timely diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminths in stool: value and reproducibility

Abstract Background The strategy of pooling stool specimens has been extensively used in the field of parasitology in order to facilitate the screening of large numbers of samples whilst minimizing the prohibitive cost of single sample analysis. The aim of this study was to develop a standardized re...

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Main Authors: Marina Papaiakovou, James Wright, Nils Pilotte, Darren Chooneea, Fabian Schär, James E. Truscott, Julia C. Dunn, Iain Gardiner, Judd L. Walson, Steven A. Williams, D. Timothy J. Littlewood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Breakpoint of transmission
Cost analysis of pooling
Pooling
Soil-transmitted helminths
Stool samples
qPCR-based diagnostics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-019-3693-3

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