Detection of canine Schistosoma japonicum infection using recombinant thioredoxin peroxidase-1 and tandem repeat proteins

• Main Authors: Angeles, Jose Ma. M, Goto, Yasuyuki, Kirinoki, Masashi, Leonardo, Lydia R, Moendeg, Kharleezelle J, Ybanez, Adrian P, Rivera, Pilarita T, Villacorte, Elena A, Inoue, Noboru, Chigusa, Yuichi, Kawazu, Shin-ichiro
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: diagnosis; recombinant antigen; Schistosoma japonicum; veterinary public health; zoonotic schistosomiasis; Biology; Parasitic Diseases
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/biology-faculty-pubs/32; https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jvms/81/10/81_19-0126/_article/-char/ja/
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Humans and dogs live very close together and share various pathogens causing zoonotic parasitoses like schistosomiasis. A previous population genetics study done for schistosomes in the Philippines suggested that there is a high transmission level of Schistosoma japonicum among humans and dogs provi...