Screening for <i>Schistosoma</i> spp. and <i>Leishmania</i> spp. DNA in Serum of Ghanaian Patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency

Screening for <i>Schistosoma</i> spp. and <i>Leishmania</i> spp. DNA in Serum of Ghanaian Patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency

Both <i>Schistosoma</i> spp. (species) and <i>Leishmania</i> spp. are prevalent in Ghana in West Africa. However, little is known about their local occurrence in immunocompromised individuals. In the study presented here, the real-time PCR-(polymerase chain reaction-)based sc...

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Main Authors: Franziska Weinreich, Felix Weinreich, Andreas Hahn, Ralf Matthias Hagen, Holger Rohde, Fred Stephen Sarfo, Torsten Feldt, Albert Dompreh, Shadrack Osei Asibey, Richard Boateng, Hagen Frickmann, Kirsten Alexandra Eberhardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-07-01
Series:Pathogens
Subjects:
schistosomiasis
leishmaniasis
HIV
Ghana
epidemiology
molecular diagnosis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/11/7/760

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