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COPRO-DIAGNOSIS OF ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS INFECTION IN DOGS BY AMPLIFICATION OF A NEWLY IDENTIFIED REPEATED DNA SEQUENCE
1 Sept 2003
Abstract excerpt
Diagnosis of Echinococcus granulosus infection in dogs by detecting adult worms recovered post mortem or purged from the intestines after treatment with arecoline is not suitable for mass screening. Large-scale diagnosis by detection of copro-antigens is useful but only with relatively high intensity infections, and only by genus. To provide a more sensitive and specific diagnosis, a polymerase chain reaction...
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