Detection of Schistosoma mansoni eggs in feces through their interaction with paramagnetic beads in a magnetic field.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Candida Fagundes Teixeira, Erli Neuhauss, Renata Ben, Juliano Romanzini, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Ritchie
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000073; https://doaj.org/article/c5b8fc0a8cba454c8636e7499802bdee

BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of intestinal schistosomiasis in low endemic areas is a problem because often control measures have reduced egg burdens in feces to below the detection limits of classical coproparasitological methods. Evaluation of molecular methods is hindered by the absence of an established...