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Table 2 The results of LAMP for detecting S. japonicum in snails from 2015 to 2019

From: Molecular evidence on the presence of Schistosoma japonicum infection in snails along the Yangtze River, 2015–2019

Year

No. live snails detected by LAMP method

No. nucleic acid mixed samples (tubes)

No. positive nucleic acid mixed samples

Positive rate %, (95% CI)

2015

39,302

1971

8

0.41 (0.13–0.69)

2016

16,184

981

0

0

2017

34,712

1948

7

0.36 (0.09–0.63)

2018

43,659

1847

1

0.05 (0–0.16)

2019

40,965

1969

1

0.05 (0–0.15)

Total

174,822

8716

17

  1. LAMP loop-mediated isothermal amplification, CI confidence intervals, – means not applicable