Nucleic acid detection in the diagnosis and prevention of schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis is an important zoonotic parasitic disease that causes serious harms to humans and animals. Surveillance and diagnosis play key roles in schistosomiasis control, however, current techniques for surveillance and diagnosis of the disease have limitations. As genome data for parasites are increasing, novel techniques for detection incorporating nucleotide sequences are receiving widespread attention. These sensitive, specific, and rapid detection methods are particularly important in the diagnosis of low-grade and early infections, and may prove to have clinical significance. This paper reviews the progress of nucleic acid detection in the diagnosis and prevention of schistosomiasis, including such aspects as the selection of target genes, and development and application of nucleic acid detection methods.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Infectious Diseases of Poverty

• Publication date

  2016-03-30

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1186/s40249-016-0116-yPMID 27025210PMCID 4812660
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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