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. 2020 Jan 22;2020:9705358. doi: 10.1155/2020/9705358

Table 2.

Considered tests for malacological diagnosis of S. haematobium infection.

Test Prepatent infection detection Sensitivity Discrimination between S. haematobium and S. bovis Field friendly (large survey) Cost USD References
Light test No 1 Miracidium No No 0 [33]
Dissection Yes 1 Sporocyste No No 0 [34]
Hemolymph test Yes (after 2 weeks) Seropositivite No No 5 [3537]
DraI PCR Yes 1 pg/µl No Yes 7 [38]
Sh110SmSl PCR Yes 1 pg/µl Yes but S. bovis not amplified No 7 [39]
DraI et Sh110SmSl PCR Yes 1 pg/µl Yes (amplify S. bovis) Yes 14 [18]
PCR 77/73 Yes 1pg/µl Yes (amplify S. bovis) Yes 7 [40]
CoxI PCR 0.8ng/µl 8 [2]