Comparative Diagnostic Evaluation of Microscopy and Targeted Next-generation Sequencing of the Barcoding Gene Cytochrome oxidase subunit I for Tick Identification in British Columbia, 2021-2023

Author:

Cabrera, A, Lee, T, Yao, A, Tyson, J, Kolehmainen, K, Singh, I, Cheung, M, Lee, M, Su, L, Chahil, N, Iwasawa, S, Stewart, Q, Fraser, E, Snyman, L, Prystajecky, N, Savage, J, Morshed, M, and Hogan, C

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2026-06

Journal/Series title:

Int J Parasitol

URL:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020751926001281?via%3Dih...

Abstract:

We performed a comparative diagnostic evaluation assessing accuracy of next-generation sequencing targeting the barcoding portion of cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) against traditional microscopy for tick identification.