Detection of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato microRNAs in cystic echinococcosis patients: An exploratory study using quantitative PCR and digital PCR

• Chiara Stocchero ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chiara Stocchero, Tommaso Manciulli

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Milan, Lodi, Italy, WHO Collaborating Center for the Clinical Management of Cystic Echinococcosis, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

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• Tommaso Manciulli ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chiara Stocchero, Tommaso Manciulli

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

  Affiliations WHO Collaborating Center for the Clinical Management of Cystic Echinococcosis, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Alessandro Zanon,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Milan, Lodi, Italy

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• Gaspare Salvi,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Milan, Lodi, Italy

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• Susanna A. Sechi,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Milan, Lodi, Italy

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• Alessia Pea,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Milan, Lodi, Italy

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• Alessandra Cafiso,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Milan, Lodi, Italy

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• Paola Pepe,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

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• Ambra Vola,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliations WHO Collaborating Center for the Clinical Management of Cystic Echinococcosis, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, Microbiology and Virology Unit, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy

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• Marcela A. Cucher,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Institute of Research on Microbiology and Medical Parasitology (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET), University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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• Enrico Brunetti,

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

  Affiliations Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, WHO Collaborating Center for the Clinical Management of Cystic Echinococcosis, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, Division of Infectious Diseases I, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy

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• Cristina Lecchi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Milan, Lodi, Italy, MOOVET S.r.l., Precision Diagnostics LAB for Animal Health – Spin-off of the University of Milan, hosted at the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Lodi, Italy

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• Chiara Bazzocchi

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: chiara.bazzocchi@unimi.it

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Milan, Lodi, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6744-2178

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