Improved PCR-Based Detection of Soil Transmitted Helminth Infections Using a Next-Generation Sequencing Approach to Assay Design

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Nils Pilotte ,

* E-mail: npilotte@smith.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Marina Papaiakovou,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jessica R. Grant,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Lou Ann Bierwert,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Stacey Llewellyn,

Affiliation QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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James S. McCarthy,

Affiliation QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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Steven A. Williams

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America
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