Schistosoma mansoni in a low-prevalence area in Brazil: the importance of additional methods for the diagnosis of hard-to-detect individual carriers by low-cost immunological assays

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Grenfell, Rafaella Fortini Queiroz; Martins, Watson; Enk, Martin; Almeida, Áureo; Siqueira, Liliane; Silva-Moraes, Vanessa; Oliveira, Edward; Carneiro, Nídia Francisca de Figueiredo; Coelho, Paulo Marcos Zech.
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz ; 108(3): 328-334, maio 2013. tab, graf
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: lil-676974

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