Detection of Schistosoma japonicum and Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi environmental DNA and its potential utility to schistosomiasis japonica surveillance in the Philippines

• Raffy Jay C. Fornillos,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations DNA Barcoding Laboratory, Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, Natural Sciences Research Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman, P. Velasquez St. Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

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• Marcello Otake Sato ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: marcello@dokkyomed.ac.jp (MOS); icfontanilla@up.edu.ph (IKCF)

  Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9204-0602

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• Ian Kim B. Tabios,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila, Ermita Manilla, Philippines

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• Megumi Sato,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate School of Health Sciences, Niigata, Japan

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• Lydia R. Leonardo,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations DNA Barcoding Laboratory, Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, Graduate School, University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines

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• Yuichi Chigusa,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

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• Toshifumi Minamoto,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Tsurukabuto, Nada-ku, Kobe, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5379-1622

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• Mihoko Kikuchi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Japan

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• Emelda R. Legaspi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Medical Zoology Laboratory, Schistosomiasis Research and Training Center, Palo Leyte, Philippines

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• Ian Kendrich C. Fontanilla

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: marcello@dokkyomed.ac.jp (MOS); icfontanilla@up.edu.ph (IKCF)

  Affiliations DNA Barcoding Laboratory, Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, Natural Sciences Research Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman, P. Velasquez St. Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

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