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SUBMITTER: DeMone C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7708651 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
DeMone Catherine C Hwang Mei-Hua MH Feng Zeny Z McClure J Trenton JT Greenwood Spencer J SJ Fung Rebecca R Kim Minji M Weese J Scott JS Shapiro Karen K
Food and waterborne parasitology 20201118
Food and waterborne protozoan pathogens can cause serious disease in people. Three common species <i>Cryptosporidium parvum</i>, <i>Giardia enterica</i> and <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> can contaminate diverse shellfish species, including commercial oysters. Current methods of protozoan detection in shellfish are not standardized, and few are able to simultaneously identify multiple species. Here, we present a novel metabarcoding assay targeting the 18S rRNA gene followed by next generation sequenci ...[more]