PARASITOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS IN EXPERIMENTAL Strongyloides venezuelensis INFECTION

PARASITOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS IN EXPERIMENTAL Strongyloides venezuelensis INFECTION

Strongyloides venezuelensis is a parasitic nematode of rats which is frequently used as a model to study human and animal strongyloidiasis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between parasitological and molecular diagnosis in Strongyloides venezuelensis infection. PCR assays were used to detect S. venezuelensis DNA in fecal samples obtained from experimentally infected Rattus norvegicus. The results showed a higher sensitivity of the PCR assay in detecting the infection compared to parasitological methods.

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Main Authors: Paula,Fabiana Martins, Sitta,Renata Barnabé, Malta,Fernanda Mello, Gottardi,Maiara, Corral,Marcelo Andreetta, Gryschek,Ronaldo César Borges, Chieffi,Pedro Paulo
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 2013
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652013000200141
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