Publications
Journal Articles
Mu, Yi, Egwang, Thomas G., Rowel, Candia, Adriko, Moses, Jones, Malcolm K., Pangaribuan, Helena Ullyartha, Wandra, Toni, McManus, Donald P. and Cai, Pengfei (2026). Comparative evaluation of Sm1-7-qPCR systems incorporated with Maxwell kit-based and NaOH-based DNA extraction methods for the detection of Schistosoma mansoni infection. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 15 (1) 54. doi: 10.1186/s40249-026-01444-7
Mu, Yi, Zumuk, Chika P., Jones, Malcolm K. and Cai, Pengfei (2025). Leveraging single-cell RNA-seq in helminthology. Trends in Parasitology, 42 (1), 61-74. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2025.11.003
Valencia, Joseph E., Sato, Marcello Otake, Revolteado, Mark June, Prasayasith, Phoyphaylinh, Jiz, Mario, Cervantes, Eleonor A., Aniceto, Ralph N., Inobaya, Marianette, Cai, Pengfei, Gray, Darren J., Gordon, Catherine A., Leonardo, Lydia R., Sako, Yasuhito and Sato, Megumi (2025). Soil-based environmental DNA enables detection of Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi and Schistosoma japonicum microhabitats for schistosomiasis japonica surveillance and control in the Philippines. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 14 (1) 110, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s40249-025-01374-w
Norton, Natasha J., Hand, Chloe M. M., Rowel, Candia, Adriko, Moses, Cai, Pengfei, McManus, Donald P., Egwang, Thomas G. and Reynolds, Lisa A. (2025). Associations between helminth infection status and the composition and concentration of fecal bile acids in school-age children in Uganda. Scientific Reports, 15 (1) 25509, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-11170-z
Piao, Xianyu, Wang, Yuanlong, Jiang, Ning, Cai, Pengfei, Duan, Jiamei, Liu, Shuai, Chen, Qijun and Hou, Nan (2025). Schistosoma japonicum cathepsin L1: A potential target for anti-schistosomiasis strategies. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 19 (7) e0013241, 1-17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013241
Mu, Yi, Yan, Kexin, McManus, Donald P., Nguyen, Wilson, Rawle, Daniel J., Roberts, Jason A., Jones, Malcolm K. and Cai, Pengfei (2025). Marginal cytokine modulation by Schistosoma mansoni soluble egg antigen in SARS-CoV-2-infected K18-hACE2 mice. Folia Parasitologica, 72 019, 1-7. doi: 10.14411/fp.2025.019
Tabilin, Emmanuel John, Gordon, Catherine A., Mu, Yi, Jiz, Mario, Inobaya, Marianette, Avenido-Cervantes, Eleonor, Gray, Darren, Mationg, Mary Lorraine, Mcmanus, Donald P., Egwang, Thomas G., Adriko, Moses, Sako, Yasuhito, Sato, Marcello Otake, Sato, Megumi, You, Hong, Kelly, Matthew and Cai, Pengfei (2024). Development of a latex microsphere-based lateral flow immunoassay for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis japonica. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18 (12) e0012742, 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012742
Niu, Mimi, Mu, Yi, Adriko, Moses, Candia, Rowel, Jones, Malcolm K., McManus, Donald P., Egwang, Thomas G. and Cai, Pengfei (2024). COVID-19 vaccination survey and anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG responses in a human cohort from Schistosoma mansoni-endemic villages in Mayuge District, Uganda: a cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Public Health, 12 1437063, 1-10. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1437063
Rivera, Jonas, Mu, Yi, Gordon, Catherine A., Jones, Malcolm K., Cheng, Guofeng and Cai, Pengfei (2024). Current and upcoming point-of-care diagnostics for schistosomiasis. Trends in Parasitology, 40 (1), 60-74. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2023.10.005