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ISCIENCE
Volume 26, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107495
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Timely diagnosis of Schistosoma infection, particularly in the early stage, is crucial for effective control strategies. This study used metagenomic next-generation sequencing to identify specific circulating DNAs in infected rabbits and developed diagnostic methods for murine and human schistosomiasis. The results showed the potential of using specific cDNAs as biomarkers for detecting Schistosoma infection in the early stages.
Timely diagnosis of Schistosoma infection, particularly in the early stage is crucial for identifying infected hosts and then taking effective control strategies. Here, metagenomic next-generation sequencingwas used to identify pathogen-specific circulating DNAs (cDNAs) in the sera/plasma of New Zealand rabbits infected with S. japonicum, and the identified cDNAs were validated by PCR and qPCR. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)-based CRISPR-Cas12a and recombinase polymerase amplification-based lateral flow strip (RPA-LF) methods combined with the newly identified cDNAwere developed to evaluate the potentials for diagnosing murine and human schistosomiasis. The results indicated that twenty-two cDNAs were identified. The developed LAMP-based CRISPR/Cas12a and RPA-LF methods showed a good potential for diagnosing murine or human schistosomiasis as early as 5 days of post-infection with 5 cercariae infection. In a word, S. japonicum specific cDNAs in circulation of infected hosts could be effective biomarkers for detecting Schistosoma infection particularly for early stages.
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