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Usefulness of real-time PCR for urogenital schistosomiasis diagnosis in preschool children in a high-prevalence area in Angola.

Alejandro MediavillaAroa SilgadoRaquel Sánchez-MarquésCristina BocanegraArlette NindiaFernando SalvadorZeferino PintarPatricia Martínez-VallejoCarles Rubio MaturanaLidia GoterrisJoan Martínez-CampreciósSandra AixutInés Oliveira-SoutoMaría Luisa Aznar-Ruiz-de-AlegríaMaría EspiauIsrael MolinaElena Sulleiro
Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2024)
Real-time PCR is a more sensitive technique than microscopy for urinary schistosomiasis diagnosis in preschool-age children in Cubal. This increase in sensitivity would allow earlier diagnosis and treatment, thus reducing the morbidity associated with schistosomiasis in its early stages.
Keyphrases
  • real time pcr
  • young adults
  • risk factors
  • high resolution
  • high throughput
  • optical coherence tomography
  • high speed
  • single cell