Eggs and Magnetism: New Approaches for Schistosomiasis Diagnosis.

Autor: Candido RRF; School of Physics, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia. Electronic address: renata.candido@uwa.edu.au., St Pierre TG; School of Physics, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia., Morassutti AL; School of Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil., Graeff-Teixeira C; School of Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil., Jones MK; School of Veterinary Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Trends in parasitology [Trends Parasitol] 2018 Apr; Vol. 34 (4), pp. 267-271. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Feb 06.
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2018.01.003
Abstrakt: To date, reliable techniques that can provide accurate information on the local and global prevalence of schistosomiasis are still associated with high costs or labour-intensive processes. Here we discuss old and new concepts for diagnostic approaches, and we highlight structural properties of schistosome eggshells that result in their affinity for magnetic materials as a new diagnostic approach.
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