Use of Occult Blood Detection Cards for Real-Time PCR-Based Diagnosis of Schistosoma Mansoni Infection

Mirjam Schunk; Seleshi Kebede Mekonnen; Beyene Wondafrash; Carolin Mengele; Erna Fleischmann; Karl-Heinz Herbinger; Jaco J. Verweij; Christof Geldmacher; Gisela Bretzel; Thomas Löscher; Ahmed Zeynudin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137730

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Use of Occult Blood Detection Cards for Real-Time PCR-Based Diagnosis of Schistosoma Mansoni Infection

Mirjam Schunk ,

* E-mail: schunk@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Seleshi Kebede Mekonnen,

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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Beyene Wondafrash,

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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Carolin Mengele,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Erna Fleischmann,

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany, Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany
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Karl-Heinz Herbinger,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Jaco J. Verweij,

Affiliation Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilsburg, the Netherlands
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Christof Geldmacher,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Gisela Bretzel,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Thomas Löscher,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Ahmed Zeynudin

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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Use of Occult Blood Detection Cards for Real-Time PCR-Based Diagnosis of Schistosoma Mansoni Infection

Mirjam Schunk,
Seleshi Kebede Mekonnen,
Beyene Wondafrash,
Carolin Mengele,
Erna Fleischmann,
Karl-Heinz Herbinger,
Jaco J. Verweij,
Christof Geldmacher,
Gisela Bretzel,
Thomas Löscher

Published: September 11, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137730

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