Advanced approaches for the diagnosis and chemoprevention of canine vector-borne pathogens and parasites—Implications for the Asia-Pacific region and beyond

LG Huggins, AV Koehler, RB Gasser, RJ Traub - Advances in Parasitology, 2023 - Elsevier
Vector-borne pathogens (VBPs) of canines are a diverse range of infectious agents,
including viruses, bacteria, protozoa and multicellular parasites, that are pernicious and …

Development and validation of a long-read metabarcoding platform for the detection of filarial worm pathogens of animals and humans

LG Huggins, U Atapattu, ND Young, RJ Traub… - BMC microbiology, 2024 - Springer
Background Filarial worms are important vector-borne pathogens of a large range of animal
hosts, including humans, and are responsible for numerous debilitating neglected tropical …

Transmission of haemotropic mycoplasma in the absence of arthropod vectors within a closed population of dogs on ectoparasiticides

LG Huggins, Z Baydoun, R Mab, Y Khouri… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Dog-infecting haemotropic mycoplasmas (haemoplasmas), such as Mycoplasma
haemocanis and Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum are common blood-borne …

Metabarcoding using nanopore long‐read sequencing for the unbiased characterization of apicomplexan haemoparasites

LG Huggins, V Colella, ND Young… - Molecular Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Apicomplexan haemoparasites generate significant morbidity and mortality in humans and
other animals, particularly in many low‐to‐middle income countries. Malaria caused by …

Advances of high-throughput sequencing for unraveling biotechnological potential of microalgal-bacterial communities

PA Zaytsev, VA Rodin, AA Zaytseva, MI Zvereva… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Springer
Although established biotechnological applications of microalgae eg, the production of high-
value metabolites is based on axenic cultures, exploitation of the mutualistic consortia of …

Metagenomics of culture isolates and insect tissue illuminate the evolution of Wolbachia, Rickettsia and Bartonella symbionts in Ctenocephalides spp. fleas

A Beliavskaia, KK Tan, A Sinha… - Microbial …, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
While fleas are often perceived simply as a biting nuisance and a cause of allergic
dermatitis, they represent important disease vectors worldwide, especially for bacterial …

Gut microbiome profiling of neonates using Nanopore MinION and Illumina MiSeq sequencing

T Cha, HH Kim, J Keum, MJ Kwak, JY Park… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This study aimed to evaluate the difference in gut microbiomes between preterm and term
infants using third-generation long-read sequencing (Oxford Nanopore Technologies, ONT) …

[HTML][HTML] Dogs are reservoir hosts of the zoonotic Dirofilaria sp.'hongkongensis' and potentially of Brugia sp. Sri Lanka genotype in Sri Lanka

U Atapattu, AV Koehler, LG Huggins, A Wiethoelter… - One Health, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In 2016, the World Health Organization declared Sri Lanka as having successfully
eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public health concern. However, in recent decades …

A metagenomic comparison of clearwater, probiotic, and Rapid BFTTM on Pacific whiteleg shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei cultures

K Waiho, MS Abd Razak, MZA Rahman, Z Zaid… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Biofloc technology improves water quality and promote the growth of beneficial bacteria
community in shrimp culture. However, little is known about the bacteria community structure …

Rapid metagenomic sequencing for diagnosis and antimicrobial sensitivity prediction of canine bacterial infections

N Ring, AS Low, B Wee, GK Paterson… - Microbial …, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
Antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to human and animal health. There is an urgent
need to ensure that antimicrobials are used appropriately to limit the emergence and impact …