Identification of Ancylostoma ceylanicum in children from a tribal community in Tamil Nadu, India using a semi-nested PCR-RFLP tool
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- Santosh George (UGent) , Saravanakumar Puthupalayam Kaliappan, Deepthi Kattula, Sheela Roy, Peter Geldhof (UGent) , Gagandeep Kang, Jozef Vercruysse (UGent) and Bruno Levecke (UGent)
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- Background: It is generally assumed that hookworm infections in humans are caused by Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale. However, previous studies have also reported the presence of the animal hookworm A. ceylanicum in human stools. Methods: We determined hookworm infections in children in a tribal community in Tamil Nadu, India, using a semi-nested PCR-RFLP approach. Results: The results indicate that human species account for a majority of the hookworm infections (N. americanus 39/41 [95%]; A. duodenale 6/41 [15%]), whereas the animal hookworm A. ceylanicum only accounts for a minority of the infections (5%; 2/41). Conclusions: The results emphasize the need to consider zoonotic ancylostomiasis while developing strategies to control hookworm infections.
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- India, Ancylostoma duodenale, Ancylostoma ceylanicum, Necator americanus, Tamil Nadu, Zoonosis, DOGS, PREVALENCE, TRANSMITTED HELMINTH INFECTIONS
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-7079306
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- George, Santosh, et al. “Identification of Ancylostoma Ceylanicum in Children from a Tribal Community in Tamil Nadu, India Using a Semi-Nested PCR-RFLP Tool.” TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, vol. 109, no. 4, 2015, pp. 283–85, doi:10.1093/trstmh/trv001.
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- George, S., Kaliappan, S. P., Kattula, D., Roy, S., Geldhof, P., Kang, G., … Levecke, B. (2015). Identification of Ancylostoma ceylanicum in children from a tribal community in Tamil Nadu, India using a semi-nested PCR-RFLP tool. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 109(4), 283–285. https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trv001
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- George, Santosh, Saravanakumar Puthupalayam Kaliappan, Deepthi Kattula, Sheela Roy, Peter Geldhof, Gagandeep Kang, Jozef Vercruysse, and Bruno Levecke. 2015. “Identification of Ancylostoma Ceylanicum in Children from a Tribal Community in Tamil Nadu, India Using a Semi-Nested PCR-RFLP Tool.” TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 109 (4): 283–85. https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trv001.
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- George, Santosh, Saravanakumar Puthupalayam Kaliappan, Deepthi Kattula, Sheela Roy, Peter Geldhof, Gagandeep Kang, Jozef Vercruysse, and Bruno Levecke. 2015. “Identification of Ancylostoma Ceylanicum in Children from a Tribal Community in Tamil Nadu, India Using a Semi-Nested PCR-RFLP Tool.” TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 109 (4): 283–285. doi:10.1093/trstmh/trv001.
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- 1.George S, Kaliappan SP, Kattula D, Roy S, Geldhof P, Kang G, et al. Identification of Ancylostoma ceylanicum in children from a tribal community in Tamil Nadu, India using a semi-nested PCR-RFLP tool. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 2015;109(4):283–5.
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- [1]S. George et al., “Identification of Ancylostoma ceylanicum in children from a tribal community in Tamil Nadu, India using a semi-nested PCR-RFLP tool,” TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, vol. 109, no. 4, pp. 283–285, 2015.
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