Article
Molecular epidemiology of Schistosoma mansoni: a robust, high-throughput method to assess multiple microsatellite markers from individual miracidia.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2008
Steinauer Michelle L, Agola Lelo E, Mwangi Ibrahim N, Mkoji Gerald M, Loker Eric S
Abstract excerpt
Schistosomiasis is one of the major unconquered infectious diseases afflicting people of developing countries, particularly in Africa. A deeper understanding of the epidemiology of schistosomes is complicated by the intravascular location of adult worms which makes them routinely unavailable for study. Their progeny, miracidia, which are hatched from eggs that are passed in feces, are available and can provide...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA, Helminth
- Genotype
- Humans
- Mice
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Schistosoma mansoni
- Schistosomiasis mansoni