Development of a rapid and highly sensitive nucleic acid-based diagnostic test for schistosomes, leveraging on identical multi-repeat sequences

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Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation (PAUSTI), Nairobi, Kenya Department of Biology, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, University of Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania Center for Research in Infectious Diseases, College of Graduate Studies and Research, Mount Kenya University, Thika, Kenya Division of Research and Development, Jigsaw Bio Solutions Private Limited, Bangalore, India Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya SACIDS Africa Center of Excellence for Infectious Diseases, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania Department of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya Department of Computer Science and Applications, KL University, Andhra Pradesh, Guntur, India Department of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Institute of Primate Research, Nairobi, Kenya