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Sima Afsharnezhad

Queen's UniversityORCID 0000-0002-5805-3434Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintAug 21, 2026

Blocking primer improves detection of tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes scapularis (black-legged ticks) from a Lyme disease hotspot region in eastern Ontario, Canada.

Sreevatshan K Srinivasan, Sima Afsharnezhad, Amber R. Paulson…·Robert I. Colautti

The paper introduces a blocking primer to improve detection of tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes scapularis ticks using 16S rRNA metabarcoding, achieving sensitivity comparable to qPCR and detecting additional pathogens.

DOI 10.64898/2026.08.17.745364

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