Hong You

Dr. Hong You


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Academic Career Length

1Year (2026-Present)

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24 September 2026 in Preprints.org
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SMSkye MacGregor
Skye MacGregor
TEThomas G. Egwang
Thomas G. Egwang
Moses AdrikoMoses Adriko
Moses Adriko
PGPaul Giacomin
Paul Giacomin
Pengfei CaiPengfei Cai
Pengfei Cai
HYHong You
Hong You
Schistosomiasis and hookworm affect hundreds of millions, particularly in low-resource settings where coinfections contribute to substantial morbidity and severe clinical outcomes. We developed a portable duplex CRISPR assay for simultaneous detection of Necator americanus and Schistosoma mansoni. Building on our established S. mansoni CRISPR-Cas13 assay, we designed a CRISPR-Cas12 assay for N. americanus combining recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) with Cas12 detection. Analytical sensitivity was assessed using serially diluted DNA from third-stage larvae, and specificity was evaluated using DNA from multiple helminth species. The N. americanus Cas12 and S. mansoni Cas13 assays were integrated into a duplex format following optimisation of Cas12/Cas13 detection conditions. Fluorescence was measured using a portable multichannel reader. Diagnostic performance was evaluated in 208 stool-derived DNA samples from Uganda using qPCR as the reference method. The N. americanus Cas12 assay had a detection limit of 0.1 pg/µL and showed no cross-reactivity with the other helminth species tested. In duplex format, N. americanus detection achieved 91.4% sensitivity and 100% specificity, whereas S. mansoni detection achieved 99.1% sensitivity and 99.0% specificity. This portable duplex RPA-CRISPR platform enables sensitive, highly specific simultaneous detection of N. americanus and S. mansoni, supporting integrated surveillance of helminth coinfections in resource-limited settings.