Current advances in serological and molecular diagnosis of Schistosoma mekongi infection

Table 1 Summary of molecular-based methods used for the detection of S. mekongi infection

Diagnostic platform	Gene target	Type and source of sample used for testing	References
Conventional PCR	Cytochrome C oxidase 1	Mouse or Mongolian gerbils’ serum	[25]
Real-time PCR	Mitochondrial genome	Rat feces	[52]
	28 s rRNA	Human feces	[9]
	18 s rRNA	Whole parasite—from experimentally infected rats	[29]
	V4 region 18 s rDNA	Whole parasite—from experimentally infected rabbit or mice	[32]
PCR-coupled with pyrosequencing	18 s rRNA	Rat feces	[57]
LAMP	Internal transcribed spacer 1	Human feces	[31]

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