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ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2024

Quantifying Replication Slippage Error in Cryptosporidium Metabarcoding Studies.

Matthew A Knox, Patrick J Biggs, Juan Carlos Garcia-R, David T S Hayman

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Article in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Matthew A KnoxSchool of Veterinary Science.ORCID 0000-0001-6764-6568
Patrick J BiggsSchool of Veterinary Science.ORCID 0000-0002-0285-4101
Juan Carlos Garcia-RSchool of Veterinary Science.
David T S HaymanSchool of Veterinary Science.ORCID 0000-0003-0087-3015

Funding

New Zealand Ministry of Health 355766-02Percival Carmine Chair in Epidemiology and Public Health, Massey UniversityRoyal Society Te Aparangi RDF-MAU170
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic variation in Cryptosporidium, a common protozoan gut parasite in humans, is often based on marker genes containing trinucleotide repeats, which differentiate subtypes and track outbreaks. However, repeat regions have high replication slippage rates, making it difficult to discern biological diversity from error. Here, we synthesized Cryptosporidium DNA in clonal plasmid vectors, amplified them in different mock community ratios, and sequenced them using next-generation sequencing to determine the rate of replication slippage with dada2. Our results indicate that slippage rates increase with the length of the repeat region and can contribute to error rates of up to 20%.

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CryptosporidiumDNA ReplicationCryptosporidiosisDNA Barcoding, TaxonomicDNA, ProtozoanGenetic VariationHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansDNA, ProtozoanCryptosporidium hominisCryptosporidium parvumdada2PCR slippageShort Tandem Repeat

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PMID39052741
PMCPMC11272095

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