Background: Earlydiagnosisofschistosomiasis,priortoegglaying,wouldenableearliertreatmentandhelp
interruptthetransmissioncycleoftheparasiteandtheprogressofthedisease.Previouslyweidentifiedsixnovel
antigenswithpotentialasdiagnosticmarkersforhuman Schistosomajaponicum infections.Inthisstudy,we
evaluatedtheseantigensascandidatebiomarkersfortheearlydiagnosisofschistosomiasisinmiceandrabbits.