Real-time polymerase chain reaction for detection of Schistosoma DNA in small-volume urine samples reflects focal distribution of urogenital Schistosomiasis in primary school girls in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

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Published in Am J Trop Med Hyg on January 27, 2014

Authors

Pavitra Pillay1, Myra Taylor, Siphosenkosi G Zulu, Svein G Gundersen, Jaco J Verweij, Pytsje Hoekstra, Eric A T Brienen, Elisabeth Kleppa, Eyrun F Kjetland, Lisette van Lieshout

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biomedical and Clinical Technology, Durban University of Technology, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa; School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu Natal, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa; Research Unit, Sorlandet Hospital HF, Kristiansand, Norway; University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway; Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Department of Infectious Diseases, Norwegian Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Ulleval, University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.

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