Parasitic diseases currently remain one of the most common types of pathology and therefore represent a real medical and social problem. Children are most susceptible to parasitic diseases.
The Helmo-screen reagent kit is designed to identify the most common helminth infections in humans (enterobiasis, ascariasis, diphyllobothriasis, opisthorchiasis, teniasis) in fecal samples. These infections have common ways of infection and may have similar clinical manifestations (dysfunctions of the gastrointestinal tract, allergic reactions, asthenia, etc.), which necessitates simultaneous screening for the presence of these pathogens and differential diagnosis. Symptomatics of sluggish parasitic diseases is not specific, which makes most patients turn to non-core specialists: allergist, gastroenterologist, etc., depending on the leading symptoms of the disease. In addition, these diseases are often asymptomatic.
The Gelmo-screen kit allows you to quickly determine the presence of Ascaris lumbricoides, Enterobius vermicularis, Opisthorchis felineus, Taenia solium, Diphyllobothrium latum DNA in samples isolated from fecal samples using real-time PCR.