The fluorescent acid-fast stain, auramine-O, stains schistosome eggs and may be an aid for detection. An old technique with a useful future?

Thomas Hanscheid; Soraia Vieira; Pedro Ferreira; T. nia Carvalho; Silvana Belo; Martin P. Grobusch

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101569

The fluorescent acid-fast stain, auramine-O, stains schistosome eggs and may be an aid for detection. An old technique with a useful future?

Thomas Hanscheid, Soraia Vieira, Pedro Ferreira, T. nia Carvalho, Silvana Belo, Martin P. Grobusch

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Original language	English
Article number	101569
Journal	Travel medicine and infectious disease
Volume	35
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101569
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2020

Keywords

Acid-fast stain
Auramine-O
Eggs
Schistosoma haematobium
Schistosoma mansoni

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