Survey and Diagnostic Challenges after Transmission-Stop: Confirming Elimination of Schistosomiasis haematobium in Morocco

Table 2

Considered tests for malacological diagnosis of S. haematobium infection.

Test	Prepatent infection detection	Sensitivity	Discrimination between S. haematobium and S. bovis	Field friendly (large survey)	Cost USD	References
Light test	No	1 Miracidium	No	No	0	[33]
Dissection	Yes	1 Sporocyste	No	No	0	[34]
Hemolymph test	Yes (after 2 weeks)	Seropositivite	No	No	5	[35–37]
DraI PCR	Yes	1 pg/µl	No	Yes	7	[38]
Sh110SmSl PCR	Yes	1 pg/µl	Yes but S. bovis not amplified	No	7	[39]
DraI et Sh110SmSl PCR	Yes	1 pg/µl	Yes (amplify S. bovis)	Yes	14	[18]
PCR 77/73	Yes	1pg/µl	Yes (amplify S. bovis)	Yes	7	[40]
CoxI PCR		0.8ng/µl			8	[2]