Draft Genome Sequences from Cyclospora cayetanensis Oocysts Purified from a Human Stool Sample

Yvonne Qvarnstrom; Yuping Wei-Pridgeon; Wen Li; Fernanda S Nascimento; Henry S Bishop; Barbara L Herwaldt; Delynn M Moss; Vishal Nayak; Ganesh Srinivasamoorthy; Mili Sheth; Michael J Arrowood

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01324-15

Draft Genome Sequences from Cyclospora cayetanensis Oocysts Purified from a Human Stool Sample

Genome Announc. 2015 Nov 19;3(6):e01324-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01324-15.

Affiliations

¹ Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA [email protected].
² Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA IHRC, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁴ National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Abstract

The parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis causes foodborne diarrheal illness. Here, we report draft genome sequences obtained from C. cayetanensis oocysts purified from a human stool sample. The genome assembly consists of 865 contigs with a total length of 44,563,857 bases. These sequences can facilitate the development of subtyping tools to aid outbreak investigations.