[Epidemics of schistosomiasis in military staff assigned to endemic areas: standard diagnostic techniques and the development of real-time PCR techniques]. / Épidémies de bilharziose chez des militaires projetés en zone d'endémie, techniques de diagnostic classique et mise au point de techniques de réaction en chaîne de la polymérase (PCR) en temps réel.
Med Sante Trop
; 23(2): 226-7, 2013 May 01.
Article
in Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24001641
ABSTRACT
The authors report the results of molecular biology techniques for the early diagnosis of cases (invasion phase) of schistosomiasis during two epidemics occurring during French military projects in the Central African Republic and Madagascar. The use of these techniques in real time for subjects not residing in the endemic area significantly improves the sensitivity of screening. The attack rates of these episodes, according to a case definition that took positive specific PCR results into account, were 59% and 26%. These results are a concrete illustration of the proverb that "yaws begin where the trail stops".
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Collection:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Schistosomiasis
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Endemic Diseases
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Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Military Personnel
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Fr
Journal:
Med Sante Trop
Year:
2013
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Article