Development of a novel real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the sensitive detection of Schistosoma japonicum in human stool

• Sara Halili ,

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

  * E-mail: shalili@smith.edu

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America, Program in Biochemistry, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0586-8573

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• Jessica R. Grant,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0725-202X

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• Nils Pilotte,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut, United States of America

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

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• Catherine A. Gordon,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation QIMR Berghofer Institute of Medical Research, Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Brisbane, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1509-5220

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• Steven A. Williams

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4881-7496

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