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Detection of parasite DNA in soil samples from rural Yucatan, Mexico

2023-06-28 infectious diseases Title + abstract only
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The soil is the primary environmental reservoir for many parasites transmitted to humans through the fecal-oral route, causing disease. Our environmental study used a high-throughput multi-parallel real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay to detect parasites DNA in soil collected from the outdoor built environments of 34 houses. The total parasite prevalence was Acanthamoeba spp. (53%), Blastocystis spp. (12%), Ascaris lumbricoides (12%), Toxocara canis (9%), Ancylostoma spp. (3%), Trichuris tric...

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