Droplet Digital PCR Diagnosis of Human Schistosomiasis: Parasite Cell-Free DNA Detection in Diverse Clinical Samples

Diagnosing schistosomiasis-induced liver morbidity: implications for global control

(2017) David U. Olveda et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A novel duplex ddPCR assay for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis japonica: proof of concept in an experimental mouse model

(2017) KOSALA G. WEERAKOON et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Nested-PCR assay for detection of Schistosoma japonicum infection in domestic animals

(2017) Xin Zhang et al.   Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Schistosomiasis is more prevalent than previously thought: what does it mean for public health goals, policies, strategies, guidelines and intervention programs?

(2017) Daniel G. Colley et al.   Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Optimisation of a droplet digital PCR assay for the diagnosis of Schistosoma japonicum infection: A duplex approach with DNA binding dye chemistry

(2016) Kosala G. Weerakoon et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Cell-Free DNA as a Diagnostic Tool for Human Parasitic Infections

(2016) Kosala G. Weerakoon et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Diagnostic Tests to Support Late-Stage Control Programs for Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases

(2016) Kenneth R. Hawkins et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Detection of active schistosome infection by cell-free circulating DNA of Schistosoma japonicum in highly endemic areas in Sorsogon Province, the Philippines

(2015) Naoko Kato-Hayashi et al.   ACTA TROPICA

A new surveillance and response tool: Risk map of infected Oncomelania hupensis detected by Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) from pooled samples

(2015) Qun-Bo Tong et al.   ACTA TROPICA

New diagnostic tools in schistosomiasis

(2015) J. Utzinger et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Advances in the Diagnosis of Human Schistosomiasis

(2015) Kosala G. A. D. Weerakoon et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Detection of Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium by Real-Time PCR with High Resolution Melting Analysis

(2015) Hany Sady et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Acute Schistosomiasis: A Risk Underestimated by Travelers and a Diagnosis Frequently Missed by General Practitioners—A Cluster Analysis of 42 Travelers

(2015) Laurence Rochat et al.   JOURNAL OF TRAVEL MEDICINE

An audacious goal: the elimination of schistosomiasis in our lifetime through mass drug administration

(2015) Allen G P Ross et al.   LANCET

Real-time PCR Demonstrates High Prevalence of Schistosoma japonicum in the Philippines: Implications for Surveillance and Control

(2015) Catherine. A. Gordon et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

High Prevalence of Schistosoma japonicum and Fasciola gigantica in Bovines from Northern Samar, the Philippines

(2015) Catherine A. Gordon et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Is PCR the Next Reference Standard for the Diagnosis of Schistosoma in Stool? A Comparison with Microscopy in Senegal and Kenya

(2015) Lynn Meurs et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Considerations for Digital PCR as an Accurate Molecular Diagnostic Tool

(2014) J. F. Huggett et al.   CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

The potential advantages of digital PCR for clinical virology diagnostics

(2014) Ruth Hall Sedlak et al.   EXPERT REVIEW OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS

Comparison of next-generation droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) with quantitative PCR (qPCR) for enumeration of Cryptosporidium oocysts in faecal samples

(2014) Rongchang Yang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Can Mass Drug Administration Lead to the Sustainable Control of Schistosomiasis?

(2014) Allen G. P. Ross et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Serodiagnosis of Schistosoma japonicum infection: genome-wide identification of a protein marker, and assessment of its diagnostic validity in a field study in China

(2014) Xindong Xu et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Detection of Parasite-Specific DNA in Urine Sediment Obtained by Filtration Differentiates between Single and Mixed Infections of Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium from Endemic Areas in Ghana

(2014) Nilanjan Lodh et al.   PLoS One

Diagnostic Performance of Schistosoma Real-Time PCR in Urine Samples from Kenyan Children Infected with Schistosoma haematobium: Day-to-day Variation and Follow-up after Praziquantel Treatment

(2014) Natalie V. S. Vinkeles Melchers et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Prospective European-wide multicentre study on a blood based real-time PCR for the diagnosis of acute schistosomiasis

(2013) Dominic Wichmann et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A robust dry reagent lateral flow assay for diagnosis of active schistosomiasis by detection of Schistosoma circulating anodic antigen

(2013) Govert J. van Dam et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

Bilharzia in the Philippines: past, present, and future

(2013) David U. Olveda et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Use of Cell-Free Circulating Schistosome DNA in Serum, Urine, Semen, and Saliva To Monitor a Case of Refractory Imported Schistosomiasis Hematobia

(2013) N. Kato-Hayashi et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Diagnosis of neuroschistosomiasis by antibody specificity index and semi-quantitative real-time PCR from cerebrospinal fluid and serum

(2013) G. Harter et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Road to the elimination of schistosomiasis from Asia: the journey is far from over

(2013) Allen G.P. Ross et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

High Prevalence of Schistosoma japonicum Infection in Carabao from Samar Province, the Philippines: Implications for Transmission and Control

(2012) Catherine A. Gordon et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

The challenge of effective surveillance in moving from low transmission to elimination of schistosomiasis in China

(2011) R.C. Spear et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

DNA amplification approaches for the diagnosis of key parasitic helminth infections of humans

(2011) Catherine A. Gordon et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PROBES

A diagnostic challenge for schistosomiasis japonica in China: consequences on praziquantel-based morbidity control

(2011) Yi-biao Zhou et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Schistosomiasis in the People's Republic of China: the Era of the Three Gorges Dam

(2010) D. P. McManus et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Comparison of real-time PCR and microscopy for malaria parasite detection in Malawian pregnant women

(2010) Anne-Maria Rantala et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Sensitive and rapid detection of Schistosoma japonicum DNA by loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)

(2009) J. Xu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Diagnosing Schistosomiasis by Detection of Cell-Free Parasite DNA in Human Plasma

(2009) Dominic Wichmann et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Schistosoma japonicum: A PCR assay for the early detection and evaluation of treatment in a rabbit model

(2008) Chao-Ming Xia et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

Quantitative Detection of Schistosoma japonicum Cercariae in Water by Real-Time PCR

(2008) Yuen Wai Hung et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases