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Echinococcus granulosus cattle strain identification in an autochthonous case of cystic echinococcosis in central Mexico

2004; Elsevier BV; Volume: 92; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.actatropica.2004.07.001

1873-6254

Pablo Maravilla, Richard C. Thompson, José Antonio Palacios‐Ruiz, Annika Estcourt, Eduardo Ramírez-Solís, Carmen Mondragon-de-la-Peña, Marcial Moreno-Möller, Alexander Cárdenas‐Mejía, Pilar Mata-Miranda, María-Teresa Aguirre-Alcántara, Carlos Bonilla-Rodríguez, Ana Flisser,

Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics

Echinococcosis is a frequent hepatic parasitic disease in several countries but it is practically absent in Mexico. A cattle strain of Echinococcus granulosus was identified by RAPD, PCR-RFLP and mitochondrial CO1 gene analysis in an autochthonous case. The parasite was obtained after a laparoscopic excision of a liver cyst from a patient that was symptomatic for 6 years but mis-diagnosed before hospitalization.