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Affected individuals often have mixed infections with the liver fluke\n            <jats:italic>Opisthorchis viverrini<\/jats:italic>\n            and minute intestinal flukes such as\n            <jats:italic>Haplorchis taichui<\/jats:italic>\n            . The usual methods of diagnosing these infections involve the demonstration of fluke eggs in stool samples under light microscopy, but sensitivity and specificity are low. We developed two PCR tests that detect and discriminate between\n            <jats:italic>O. viverrini<\/jats:italic>\n            and\n            <jats:italic>H. taichui<\/jats:italic>\n            infections. PCR tests were validated by stool samples from purged individuals. We then applied the PCR tests to estimate the prevalence of\n            <jats:italic>O. viverrini<\/jats:italic>\n            and\n            <jats:italic>H. taichui<\/jats:italic>\n            infections from a random sample of individuals selected from a community in an area of endemicity in Khong District, Laos. PCR results were compared with those from the Kato-Katz (KK) method and the formalin-ether concentration technique (FECT). When validated with purge results, PCR tests of\n            <jats:italic>O. viverrini<\/jats:italic>\n            and\n            <jats:italic>H. taichui<\/jats:italic>\n            had sensitivities of 93.7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 85.8 to 97.9%) and 73.3% (95% CI, 60.3 to 83.9%) and could detect as little as 0.75 pg DNA and 1.32 ng DNA, respectively. The PCR-determined community prevalences of\n            <jats:italic>O. viverrini<\/jats:italic>\n            and\n            <jats:italic>H. taichui<\/jats:italic>\n            infections were 63.9% (95% CI, 54.1 to 72.9%) and 30.6% (95% CI, 22.1 to 40.2%), respectively. Using PCR as the gold standard to detect\n            <jats:italic>O. viverrini<\/jats:italic>\n            , three KK thick smears performed comparably well, whereas one KK smear and FECT were poorer (sensitivities of 91.4% [95% CI, 81.0 to 97.1%,], 62.3% [95% CI, 49.8 to 73.7%], and 49.3% [95% CI, 37.0 to 61.6%], respectively). PCR may be a valuable and sensitive diagnostic tool, particularly for low-intensity\n            <jats:italic>O. viverrini<\/jats:italic>\n            and\n            <jats:italic>H. taichui<\/jats:italic>\n            infections.\n          <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1128\/jcm.02011-08","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,3,12]],"date-time":"2009-03-12T01:58:29Z","timestamp":1236823109000},"page":"1517-1523","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/asmj-crossmark-policy-page","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":88,"title":["PCR Diagnosis of\n            <i>Opisthorchis viverrini<\/i>\n            and\n            <i>Haplorchis taichui<\/i>\n            Infections in a Lao Community in an Area of Endemicity and Comparison of Diagnostic Methods for Parasitological Field Surveys"],"prefix":"10.1128","volume":"47","author":[{"given":"Leonore","family":"Lovis","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Parasitology Laboratory, University Neucha\u0302tel, Neucha\u0302tel, Switzerland"},{"name":"Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tippi K.","family":"Mak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Khampheng","family":"Phongluxa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland"},{"name":"National Institute of Public Health, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Phonepasong","family":"Soukhathammavong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland"},{"name":"National Institute of Public Health, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Somphou","family":"Sayasone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland"},{"name":"National Institute of Public Health, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kongsap","family":"Akkhavong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Institute of Public Health, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peter","family":"Odermatt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jennifer","family":"Keiser","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ingrid","family":"Felger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"235","reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_2_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.actatropica.2007.04.018"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3347\/kjp.2007.45.3.213"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S1383-5769(02)00008-9"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1079\/JOH2005302"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128\/JCM.01323-07"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00436-004-1112-x"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0035-9203(91)90248-W"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_9_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.actatropica.2003.05.001"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_10_2","first-page":"623","volume":"22","year":"1991","unstructured":"Kaewkes, S., D. 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