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PARASITOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS IN EXPERIMENTAL Strongyloides venezuelensis INFECTION

2013; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 55; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0036-46652013000200015

ISSN

1678-9946

Autores

Fabiana Martins de Paula, Renata Barnabé Sitta, Fernanda de Mello Malta, Maiara Gottardi, Marcelo Andreetta Corral, Ronaldo César Borges Gryschek, Pedro Paulo Chieffi,

Tópico(s)

Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Resumo

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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