@article {15584, title = {Field detection of Schistosoma japonicum cercariae in environmental water samples by quantitative PCR}, journal = {Applied and Environmental Microbiology}, volume = {77}, number = {6}, year = {2011}, note = {R01AI068854/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t, Non-P.H.S.
United States}, month = {Mar}, pages = {2192-5}, abstract = {A species-specific quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay was combined with two novel water-sampling methods and compared with the mouse bioassay for the quantitative detection of S. japonicum in surface waters. The novel methods were capable of capturing cercariae and, with subsequent analysis through qPCR, detecting the presence of a minimum of 1 cercaria.}, keywords = {Animals, Mice, Polymerase Chain Reaction/*methods, Schistosoma japonicum/classification/*genetics, Water/parasitology}, isbn = {1098-5336 (Electronic)
0099-2240 (Linking)}, author = {Worrell, C. and Xiao, N. and Vidal, J. E. and Chen, L. and Zhong, B. and Remais, J.} }