Targeting a highly repeated germline DNA sequence for improved real-time PCR-based detection of Ascaris infection in human stool

• Nils Pilotte ,

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

  * E-mail: npilotte@smith.edu

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

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8447-7425

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• Jacqueline R. M. A. Maasch,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Alice V. Easton,

  Roles Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Helminth Immunology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

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• Eric Dahlstrom,

  Roles Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Genomics Unit, Research Technologies Section, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, United States of America

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• Thomas B. Nutman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Helminth Immunology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

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• Steven A. Williams

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

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