Diagnosing Polyparasitism in a High-Prevalence Setting in Beira, Mozambique: Detection of Intestinal Parasites in Fecal Samples by Microscopy and Real-Time PCR

• Lynn Meurs,

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

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6973-1237

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• Anton M. Polderman,

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

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• Natalie V. S. Vinkeles Melchers,

  Current address: Department of Public Health, University Medical Center Rotterdam (ErasmusMC), Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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

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• Eric A. T. Brienen,

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

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• Jaco J. Verweij,

  Current address: Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands

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

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• Bernhard Groosjohan,

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Science, Catholic University of Mozambique, Beira, Mozambique

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• Felisberto Mendes,

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Science, Catholic University of Mozambique, Beira, Mozambique

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• Manito Mechendura,

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Science, Catholic University of Mozambique, Beira, Mozambique

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• Dagmar H. Hepp,

  Current address: Neurology Department, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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

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• Marijke C. C. Langenberg,

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

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• Rosanne Edelenbosch,

  Current address: Rathenau Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands

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

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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: E.A.van_Lieshout@lumc.nl

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

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