A novel, species-specific, real-time PCR assay for the detection of the emerging zoonotic parasite Ancylostoma ceylanicum in human stool

• Marina Papaiakovou ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Marina Papaiakovou, Nils Pilotte

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mpapaiakovou@smith.edu

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

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9012-2703

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• Nils Pilotte ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Marina Papaiakovou, Nils Pilotte

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Jessica R. Grant,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Rebecca J. Traub,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

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• Stacey Llewellyn,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Medical Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia

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• James S. McCarthy,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Medical Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia

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• Alejandro J. Krolewiecki,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Instituto de Investigaciones en Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad Nacional de Salta/CONICET, Orán, Argentina, Instituto de Patología Experimental (IPE-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta, Argentina

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• Rubén Cimino,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones en Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad Nacional de Salta/CONICET, Orán, Argentina

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• Rojelio Mejia,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Steven A. Williams

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

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