Detection of Echinococcus multilocularis in repurposed environmental DNA samples from river water.

ABSTRACT: Environmental DNA (eDNA) is an increasingly popular tool in biological and ecological studies. As a biproduct of its increasing use, large number of eDNA samples are being collected and stored, that potentially contain information of many non-target species. One potential use for these eDNA samples is a surveillance and early detection of pathogens and parasites that are otherwise difficult to detect. Echinococcus multilocularis is such a parasite with serious zoonotic concern, and whose range has been expanding. If eDNA samples from various studies can be repurposed in detecting the parasite, it can significantly reduce the costs and efforts in surveillance and early detection of the parasite. We designed and tested a new set of primer-probe for detecting E. multilocularis m

SUBMITTER: Mori K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10276553 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature