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Table 3 Results of S. mansoni and S. haematobium DNA experimental analyses

From: Environmental DNA-based xenomonitoring for determining Schistosoma presence in tropical freshwaters

Treatment

Replicate code

S. mansoni

S. haematobium

eDNA amplification success

eDNA Cq (mean)

eDNA copies/µl (mean)

n/N

Infected snail biomass (g)

eDNA amplification success

eDNA Cq (mean)

eDNA copies/µl (mean)

n/N

Infected snail biomass (g)

A

1

3/3

32.47

211.48

8/21

1.49

3/3

32.88

20.14

3/3

1.38

2

3/3

35.13

35.62

10/21

1.71

3/3

34.53

6.35

3/3

1.44

3

3/3

33.92

72.73

6/19

0.83

2/3

36.11

2.64

2/3

1.03

4

3/3

37.11

6.71

5/20

0.59

3/3

32.36

29.30

2/3

0.76

5

3/3

38.59

2.57

12/21

1.91

0/3

0

1/2

0.38

6

3/3

38.48

2.45

3/20

0.37

2/3

37.28

1.03

0/3

0

B

7

3/3

36.55

10.20

9/20

0.56

3/3

28.91

325.97

4/6

2.07

8

3/3

34.47

52.78

6/20

1.07

2/3

36.28

1.95

1/3

0.33

9

3/3

35.03

33.27

11/20

1.72

3/3

33.10

19.53

6/6

2.48

10

3/3

33.85

77.28

7/19

0.84

3/3

29.56

222.73

4/6

1.68

11

3/3

31.47

435.27

11/21

1.2

3/3

30.07

160.39

3/6

1.17

12

3/3

33.59

94.77

6/20

0.76

3/3

33.10

19.50

1/6

0.49

C

13

3/3

36.14

18.16

4/10

0.64

3/3

34.86

8.01

2/3

0.53

14

3/3

34.81

40.36

3/10

0.39

0/3

0

2/3

0.64

15

3/3

39.68

1.09

4/10

0.30

3/3

37.09

1.48

3/3

0.78

16

3/3

34.05

67.49

2/11

0.14

3/3

35.05

4.95

2/3

0.59

17

3/3

36.21

22.03

3/10

0.37

3/3

24.17

8445.25

3/3

0.48

18

3/3

36.03

20.46

5/10

0.54

3/3

28.77

342.91

3/3

1.20

D

19

3/3

35.03

43.35

4/10

0.66

3/3

34.29

7.61

5/5

1.23

20

3/3

35.89

26.35

4/10

1.13

3/3

29.65

180.51

6/6

1.44

21

3/3

37.26

12.39

7/10

0.97

3/3

31.49

49.80

5/5

1.07

22

3/3

35.63

27.94

6/11

1.27

3/3

27.90

611.29

6/6

1.79

23

3/3

37.95

5.25

4/10

0.58

3/3

35.36

3.49

6/6

1.44

24

3/3

36.04

21.65

5/10

0.44

3/3

31.36

53.09

6/6

1.34

E

25

0/3

0/3

26

0/3

0/3

27

0/3

0/3

28

0/3

0/3

29

0/3

0/3

30

0/3

0/3

F

31

0/3

0/3

32

0/3

0/3

  1. Note: The table includes the results from eDNA monitoring and the results of the qPCR tests of host snail infection
  2. Key: –, no amplification was observed
  3. Abbreviations: n, number of infected snails; N, number of all host snails in the assay