Molecular Identification of Echinococcus spp. and other Taeniid Tapeworms Using Next Generation Sequence Analysis of PCR Amplified 18s rRNA gene
I. Abbasi, R. Abu-Helu, G. Kokaly, S. Nojoum, I. Matouk, M. Ibrahim
This study develops a PCR-NGS method to detect Echinococcus spp. DNA in dog fecal samples, identifying E. granulosus in 10% of samples with high specificity.
bioRxiv · Apr 2, 2024 · PreprintMicrobiology