Field detection of Schistosoma japonicum cercariae in environmental water samples by quantitative PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2192-2195

  Worrell, Caitlin ^a   Xiao, Ning ^b   Vidal, Jorge E ^a   Chen, Lin ^b   Zhong, Bo ^b   Remais, Justin ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SICHUAN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SAMPLES; MOUSE BIOASSAY; NOVEL METHODS; QUANTITATIVE DETECTION; QUANTITATIVE PCR; SAMPLING METHOD; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

BIOASSAY;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

WATER;

BIOASSAY; FIELD METHOD; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SURFACE WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

ANIMALS; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; WATER;

SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 79953207347     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01561-10     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Bruce, J. I., and Y.-S. Liang. 1992. Cultivation of schistosomes and snails for researchers in the United States of America and other countries. J. Med. Appl. Malacol. 4:13-30.
2. Driscoll, A. J., J. L. Kyle, and J. Remais. 2005. Development of a novel PCR assay capable of detecting a single Schistosoma japonicum cercaria recovered from Oncomelania hupensis. Parasitology 131:497-500.
3. Hamburger, J., Y. X. Xu, R. M. Ramzy, J. Jourdane, and A. Ruppel. 1998. Development and laboratory evaluation of a polymerase chain reaction for monitoring Schistosoma mansoni infestation of water. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 59:468-473.
4. Hertel, J., J. Hamburger, B. Haberl, and W. Haas. 2002. Detection of bird schistosomes in lakes by PCR and filter-hybridization. Exp. Parasitol. 101: 57-63.
5. Hung, Y. W., and J. Remais. 2008. Quantitative detection of Schistosoma japonicum cercariae in water by real-time PCR. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis. 2:e337.
6. Jukes, M. C., et al. 2002. Heavy schistosomiasis associated with poor shortterm memory and slower reaction times in Tanzanian schoolchildren. Trop. Med. Int. Health 7:104-117.
7. Kimura, B., S. Kawasaki, H. Nakano, T. Fujii. 2001. Rapid, quantitative PCR monitoring of growth of Clostridium botulinum type E in modifiedatmosphere-packaged fish. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:206-216.
8. Leenstra, T., et al. 2006. Schistosoma japonicum reinfection after praziquantel treatment causes anemia associated with inflammation. Infect. Immun. 74:6398-6407.
9. Lewis, F. 2001. Schistosomiasis. Curr. Protoc. Immunol. 19:19.1.
10. Li, Y. S., Z. Y. Zhao, M. Ellis, and D. P. McManus. 2005. Applications and outcomes of periodic epidemiological surveys for schistosomiasis and related economic evaluation in the People's Republic of China. Acta Trop. 96:266-275.
11. Liang, S., C. Yang, B. Zhong, and D. Qiu. 2006. Re-emerging schistosomiasis in hilly and mountainous areas of Sichuan, China. Bull. World Health Organ. 84:139-144.
12. Lier, T., et al. 2006. Novel real-time PCr for detection of Schistosoma japonicum in stool. Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health 37:257-264.
13. McGarvey, S. T., et al. 1993. Child growth, nutritional status, and schistosomiasis japonica in Jiangxi, People's Republic of China. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 48:547-553.
14. McGugan, G. C., Y. Liang, and F. Lewis. 1 August 2010. NIAID Schistosomiasis Resource Center. Standard Operating Procedures. http://www.schisto-resource.org/sop.htm.
15. Noble, R. T., et al. 2006. Multititered approach using quantitative PCR to track sources of fecal pollution affecting Santa Monica Bay, California. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:1604-1612.
16. Remais, J., A. Akullian, L. Ding, and E. Seto. 2010. Analytical methods for quantifying environmental connectivity for the control and surveillance of infectious disease spread. J. R. Soc. Interface 7:1181-1193.
17. Ross, A. G., et al. 2002. Schistosomiasis. N. Engl. J. Med. 346:1212-1220.
18. Ross, A. G., et al. 2001. Schistosomiasis in the People's Republic of China: prospects and challenges for the 21st century. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 14:270-295.
19. Spear, R. C., et al. 2004. Spatial and temporal variability in schistosome cercarial density detected by mouse bioassays in village irrigation ditches in Sichuan, China. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 71:554-557.
20. Wichman, D., et al. 2009. Diagnosing schistosomiasis by detection of cell-free parasite DNA in human plasma. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis. 3:e422.
21. Wu, X. H., et al. 2002. Studies of impact on physical fitness and working capacity of patients with advanced Schistosomiasis japonica in Susong County, Anhui Province. Acta Trop. 82:247-252.
22. Zhou, X. N., et al. 2007. Epidemiology of schistosomiasis in the People's Republic of China, 2004. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 13:1470-1476.