Nucleic acid techniques and the detection of parasitic diseases.
The detection of infectious disease-causing organisms is important for the initiation of effective treatment, in monitoring response to therapy and in epidemiological studies of disease of human or animal hosts. In this article Stuart Wilson primarily considers parasitic diseases, but much can be applied to infectious diseases in general.
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WCIE 7HT, UK.