Ajay Elamaran

Hunting for Helminths: short- and long-read shotgun metagenomics for helminth detection in faecal samples

Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) pose significant challenges to public health in endemic areas, necessitating reliable methods for their detection. Shotgun metagenomics enables simultaneous detection of STHs and microbes in a sample without prior knowledge of what is present. Ho...