Hastening Progress in Cyclospora Requires Studying Eimeria Surrogates
is an enigmatic human parasite that sickens thousands of people worldwide. The scarcity of research material and lack of any animal model or cell culture system slows research, denying the produce industry, epidemiologists, and regulatory agencies of tools that might aid diagnosis, risk assessment,...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Microorganisms (Basel) 2022-10, Vol.10 (10), p.1977 |
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Zusammenfassung: | is an enigmatic human parasite that sickens thousands of people worldwide. The scarcity of research material and lack of any animal model or cell culture system slows research, denying the produce industry, epidemiologists, and regulatory agencies of tools that might aid diagnosis, risk assessment, and risk abatement. Fortunately, related species offer a strong foundation when used as surrogates to study parasites of this type. Species of
lend themselves especially well as surrogates for
Those
that infect poultry can be produced in abundance, share many biological features with
, pose no risk to the health of researchers, and can be studied in their natural hosts. Here, we overview the actual and potential uses of such surrogates to advance understanding of
biology, diagnostics, control, and genomics, focusing on opportunities to improve prevention, surveillance, risk assessment, and risk reduction. Studying
surrogates accelerates progress, closing important research gaps and refining promising tools for producers and food safety regulators to monitor and ameliorate the food safety risks imposed by this emerging, enigmatic parasite. |
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ISSN: | 2076-2607 2076-2607 |
DOI: | 10.3390/microorganisms10101977 |