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Elora Pierce

Mississippi State University

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Amplicon sequencing detects, identifies, and quantifies minority variants in mixed-species infections of Cryptosporidium parasites

Randi Turner, Doaa Naguib, Elora Pierce, Alison Li, Matthew Valente, Travis C. Glenn, Benjamin Martin Rosenthal, Jessica C. Kissinger, Asis Khan

The paper develops a method to detect and identify minority Cryptosporidium species in mixed infections using amplicon sequencing and DADA2, demonstrating sensitivity to low-abundance variants.

mBio · Sep 9, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology