Non-invasive surveillance of Plasmodium infection by real-time PCR analysis of ethanol preserved faeces from Ugandan school children with intestinal schistosomiasis

Non-invasive surveillance of Plasmodium infection by real-time PCR analysis of ethanol preserved faeces from Ugandan school children with intestinal schistosomiasis

Abstract Background As part of ongoing co-surveillance of intestinal schistosomiasis and malaria in Ugandan school children, a non-invasive detection method for amplification of Plasmodium DNA using real-time (rt)PCR analysis of ethanol preserved faeces (EPF) was assessed. For diagnostic tabulations...

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Main Authors: Hajri Al-Shehri, B. Joanne Power, John Archer, Alice Cousins, Aaron Atuhaire, Moses Adriko, Moses Arinaitwe, Abdullah D. Alanazi, E. James LaCourse, Narcis B. Kabatereine, J. Russell Stothard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Plasmodium
Schistosoma mansoni
Real-time PCR
Surveillance
RDT
Faecal sampling
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-019-2748-4

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