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Assessment of helminth biodiversity in wild rats using 18S rDNA based metagenomics.
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- Helminths of urban rats in developed countries: a systematic review to identify research gaps.Parasitology research · 2020Pooled it
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- Sensitive and accurate DNA metabarcoding of parasitic helminth mock communities using the mitochondrial rRNA genes.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Parasite diversity has important implications in several research fields including ecology, evolutionary biology and epidemiology. Wide-ranging analysis has been restricted because of the difficult, highly specialised and time-consuming processes involved in parasite identification. In this study, we assessed parasite diversity in wild rats using 18S rDNA-based metagenomics. 18S rDNA PCR products were sequenced using an Illumina MiSeq sequencer and the analysis of the sequences using the QIIME software successfully classified them into several parasite groups. The comparison of the results with those obtained using standard methods including microscopic observation of helminth parasites in the rat intestines and PCR amplification/sequencing of 18S rDNA from isolated single worms suggests that this new technique is reliable and useful to investigate parasite diversity.
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