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SUBMITTER: Basuni M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3029194 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Basuni Madihah M Muhi Jamail J Othman Nurulhasanah N Verweij Jaco J JJ Ahmad Maimunah M Miswan Noorizan N Rahumatullah Anizah A Aziz Farhanah Abdul FA Zainudin Nurul Shazalina NS Noordin Rahmah R
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20110201 2
Soil-transmitted helminth infections remain a major public health burden in low- and middle-income countries. The traditional diagnosis by microscopic examination of fecal samples is insensitive and time-consuming. In this study, a pentaplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was evaluated for the simultaneous detection of Ancylostoma, Necator americanus, Ascaris lumbricoides, and Strongyloides stercoralis. The results were compared with those obtained by conventional parasitological diag ...[more]