Is PCR the Next Reference Standard for the Diagnosis of Schistosoma in Stool? A Comparison with Microscopy in Senegal and Kenya

• Lynn Meurs,

  Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Eric Brienen,

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Moustapha Mbow,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology and Virology, Aristide Le Dantec Teaching Hospital, Dakar, Senegal

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• Elizabeth A. Ochola,

  Affiliation Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya

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• Souleymane Mboup,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology and Virology, Aristide Le Dantec Teaching Hospital, Dakar, Senegal

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• Diana M. S. Karanja,

  Affiliation Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya

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• W. Evan Secor,

  Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Katja Polman,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Lisette van Lieshout

  * E-mail: lvanlieshout@lumc.nl, E.A.van_Lieshout@lumc.nl

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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