Comparison of a new multiplex real-time PCR with the Kato Katz thick smear and copro-antigen ELISA for the detection and differentiation of Taenia spp. in human stools

• Dinh Ng-Nguyen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ngocn4@student.unimelb.edu.au, theeveret@gmail.com

  Affiliations Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Tay Nguyen University, Dak Lak, Vietnam

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2028-2186

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• Mark A. Stevenson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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• Pierre Dorny,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Sarah Gabriël,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Tinh Van Vo,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, Pathology and Immunology, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

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• Van-Anh Thi Nguyen,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Faculty of Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Tay Nguyen University, Dak Lak, Vietnam

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• Trong Van Phan,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Faculty of Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Tay Nguyen University, Dak Lak, Vietnam

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• Sze Fui Hii,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Barwon Health, University Hospital Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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• Rebecca J. Traub

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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