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Genotyping genetically heterogeneous Cyclospora cayetanensis infections to complement epidemiological case linkage.
Parasitology - 1 Sept 2019
Barratt Joel L N, Park Subin, Nascimento Fernanda S, Hofstetter Jessica, Plucinski Mateusz, Casillas Shannon, Bradbury Richard S, Arrowood Michael J, Qvarnstrom Yvonne, Talundzic Eldin
Abstract excerpt
Sexually reproducing pathogens such as Cyclospora cayetanensis often produce genetically heterogeneous infections where the number of unique sequence types detected at any given locus varies depending on which locus is sequenced. The genotypes assigned to these infections quickly become complex when additional loci are analysed. This genetic heterogeneity confounds the utility of traditional sequence-typing and...
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