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Investigation of US Cyclospora cayetanensis outbreaks in 2019 and evaluation of an improved Cyclospora genotyping system against 2019 cyclosporiasis outbreak clusters.
Epidemiology and infection - 13 Sept 2021
Barratt Joel, Houghton Katelyn, Richins Travis, Straily Anne, Threlkel Ryan, Bera Betelehem, Kenneally Jayne, Clemons Brooke, Madison-Antenucci Susan, Cebelinski Elizabeth, Whitney Brooke M, Kreil Katherine R, Cama Vitaliano, Arrowood Michael J, Qvarnstrom Yvonne
Abstract excerpt
Cyclosporiasis is an illness characterised by watery diarrhoea caused by the food-borne parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis. The increase in annual US cyclosporiasis cases led public health agencies to develop genotyping tools that aid outbreak investigations. A team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed a system based on deep amplicon sequencing and machine learning, for detecting...
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