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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-10-01
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Series: | Parasites & Vectors |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-017-2382-3 |
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