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| Title |
Estimating trematode prevalence in snail hosts using a single-step duplex PCR: how badly does cercarial shedding underestimate infection rates?
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| Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, May 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1756-3305-7-243 |
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| Authors |
Ana Born-Torrijos, Robert Poulin, Juan Antonio Raga, Astrid Sibylle Holzer |
| Abstract |
Trematode communities often consist of different species exploiting the same host population, with two or more trematodes sometimes co-occuring in the same host. A commonly used diagnostic method to detect larval trematode infections in snails has been based on cercarial shedding, though it is often criticized as inaccurate. In the present study we compare infection prevalences determined by cercarial emission with those determined, for the first time, by molecular methods, allowing us to quantify the underestimation of single and double infections based on cercarial emission. We thus developed a duplex PCR for two host-parasite systems, to specifically differentiate between single and double infections. The Ebro samples include two morphologically similar opecoelids, whereas the Otago samples include two morphologically different larval trematodes. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 88 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Austria | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 83 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 15% |
| Researcher | 11 | 13% |
| Professor | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 15 | 17% |
| Unknown | 12 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 33 | 38% |
| Environmental Science | 13 | 15% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 10% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 6 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 9 | 10% |
| Unknown | 12 | 14% |
Attention Score in Context
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