Comparing the Metagenomic Performance of Stools Collected from Custom Cards and 95% Ethanol in Epidemiologic Studies
Stool cards can be a cost-effective alternative to collect stool samples for metagenomic sequencing in epidemiologic studies but warrant additional considerations for data analysis.
Authors
- Xochitl C. Morgan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6264-6961)
- Gianmarco Piccinno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1947-1817)
- Curtis Huttenhower (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1110-0096)
- A. Heather Eliassen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3961-6609)
- Mingyang Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1324-0316)
- Eric B. Rimm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1402-7250)
- Thomas Kuntz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0823-0340)
- Nicola Segata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1583-5794)
- Andrew T. Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7284-6767)
- Walter Churchill Willett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1458-7597)
- Rashmi R. Sinha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2466-7462)
- Wendy S. Garrett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5092-0150)
- Kai Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5614-5618)
- Ling Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0781-8718)
- Christine Everett
Institutions
- Broad Institute (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- King's College London (GB)
- University of Trento (IT)
- Harvard University Press (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Cancer Research And Biostatistics (US)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (US)
- National Cancer Institute (US)
- Harvard Global Health Institute (US)
- European Institute of Oncology (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
- Published
- 2025-05-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.epi-25-0157
- Primary Topic
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health