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Does the Microbiome Explorer Comprehensive report on worms?

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Written by Harrison
Updated over a month ago

No - the pathogen panel in Microbiome Explorer Comprehensive does not report on worms
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- The metagenomic portion of the test can report on 39 worm species if DNA is detected at or above 0.01% relative abundance, but this is very rare.
- Worm DNA is often unevenly distributed in stool, so the small swab sample used for metagenomics may not capture it.
- If worm infection is strongly suspected, a whole stool collection test over several days is recommended as a more reliable approach.

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