Development and validation of a sensitive, specific and robust high-throughput tool for monitoring, surveillance and certification of urogenital schistosomiasis elimination, based on real time PCR (RT PCR)

• Forschungsstelle: INNOSUISSE
• Projektnummer: 18553.2 PFLS-LS
• Projekttitel Englisch: Development and validation of a sensitive, specific and robust high-throughput tool for monitoring, surveillance and certification of urogenital schistosomiasis elimination, based on real time PCR (RT PCR)

Kurzbeschreibung (Deutsch)

Development and validation of a sensitive, specific and robust high-throughput tool for monitoring, surveillance and certification of urogenital schistosomiasis elimination, based on real time PCR (RT PCR)

Kurzbeschreibung (Englisch)

Development and validation of a sensitive, specific and robust high-throughput tool for monitoring, surveillance and certification of urogenital schistosomiasis elimination, based on real time PCR (RT PCR)

Abstract (Deutsch)

Abstract (Englisch)

Highly sensitive diagnostic assays are mandatory for large-scale screening of humans and intermediate-host snails in control programmes moving towards schistosomiasis elimination. Swiss TPH and Biolytix AG will develop and validate a highly sensitive and specific, robust, high-throughput real-time (RT)-PCR system for monitoring progress towards urogenital schistosomiasis elimination in Africa, for surveillance after elimination has been achieved, and to certify urogenital schistosomiasis elimination in formerly endemic countries.