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Volume 31, Number 9—September 2025

Research

Insights into Infant Strongyloidiasis, Papua New Guinea

Huan Zhao, Juciliane Haidamak, Eva Noskova, Vladislav Ilik, Barbora Pafčo, Rebecca Ford, Geraldine Masiria, Tobias Maure, Nichola Kotale, William Pomat, Catherine Gordon, Severine Navarro, Paul F. Horwood, Constantin Constantinoiu, Andrew R. Greenhill, and Richard S. BradburyComments to Author 
Author affiliation: James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia (H. Zhao, J. Haidamak, P.F. Horwood, C. Constantinoiu, R.S. Bradbury); QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (J. Haidamak, C. Gordon, S. Navarro); Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic (E. Noskova, V. Ilik, B. Pafčo); Masaryk University, Brno (E. Noskova, V. Ilik, B. Pafčo); Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea (R. Ford, G. Masiria, T. Maure, N. Kotale, W. Pomat); University of Queensland, Brisbane (C. Gordon); Federation University Australia, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia (A.R. Greenhill).

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Table

Strongyloides samples analyzed and their genotypes in study of infant strongyloidiasis, Papua New Guinea*

Sample no. Patient age, d/sex Species detected 18S rRNA HVR-IV haplotypes 18S rRNA HVR-I haplotypes cox1 haplotypes
1
 205/M
 S. fuelleborni subsp. fuelleborni
 S (PQ774622)
 XIV (PV489783)
 3 OTUs (PQ774615–7)
2
 94/M
 S. fuelleborni subsp. fuelleborni
 S (PQ774622)
 XIV (PV489783)
 3 OTUs (PQ774615–7)
3
 140/F
 S. fuelleborni subsp. fuelleborni
 S (PQ774622)
 XIV (PV489783)
 2 OTUs (PQ774615, PQ774616)
4
 234/M
 S. fuelleborni subsp. fuelleborni
 S (PQ774622)
 XIV (PV489783)
 2 OTUs (PQ774615, PQ774616)
5
 227/F
 Strongyloides spp.
 1 OTU (PQ774624)
 3 OTUs (PV489780–2)
 NA†
6
 225/M
 S. fuelleborni subsp. fuelleborni
 S (PQ774622)
 XIV (PV489783)
 2 OTUs (PQ774616, PQ774617)
7
 236/M
 S. fuelleborni subsp. fuelleborni
 S (PQ774622)
 XIV (PV489783)
 2 OTUs (PQ774615, PQ774616)
8 334/M S. fuelleborni subsp. fuelleborni NA‡ NA‡ NA‡

*Values in parentheses are GenBank accession numbers. HVR, hypervariable region; NA, not available; OTU, operational taxonomic unit. †cox1 region cPCR did not amplify ‡Metabarcoding on the 18S rRNA HVR-IV locus yielded no detectable product on agar electrophoresis

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