Diagnostic Performance of Schistosoma Real-Time PCR in Urine Samples from Kenyan Children Infected with Schistosoma haematobium: Day-to-day Variation and Follow-up after Praziquantel Treatment

• Natalie V. S. Vinkeles Melchers,

  Affiliation Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Parasitology, Centre of Infectious Diseases, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Govert J. van Dam,

  Affiliation Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Parasitology, Centre of Infectious Diseases, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• David Shaproski,

  Affiliation Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Parasitology, Centre of Infectious Diseases, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Anthony I. Kahama,

  Current address: Novartis Animal Health Canada Inc. (Aqua Health Victoria Site), Victoria, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

  Affiliation Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Eric A. T. Brienen,

  Affiliation Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Parasitology, Centre of Infectious Diseases, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Birgitte J. Vennervald,

  Affiliation Section for Parasitology and Aquatic Diseases, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Lisette van Lieshout

  * E-mail: lvanlieshout@lumc.nl

  Affiliation Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Parasitology, Centre of Infectious Diseases, Leiden, The Netherlands

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