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Molecular identification of Echinococcus granulosus on the Tibetan Plateau using mitochondrial DNA markers

2015; Research Foundation of Ribeirão Preto; Volume: 14; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4238/2015.october.29.12

1676-5680

Dandan Hu, Xiaowei Song, N. Wang, Xiuqin Zhong, J. Wang, T. Liu, Zhi Jiang, T. Dawa, Xiaobin Gu, Xu Peng, Guang Yang,

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Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is an important worldwide zoonotic disease that causes large economic losses and human suffering.Echinococcus granulosus, the causative agent of CE, exhibits different genotypes in different locations.In order to identify its genotypes and analyze its genetic structure on the Tibetan Plateau, we collected 72 hydatid cysts from different intermediate hosts and amplified and sequenced their mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 2 (cox2) genes.Seventy isolates were identified as the E. granulosus G1 genotype, while two isolates belonged to the G6 genotype.There were 18 haplotypes among the 70 E. granulosus isolates, which exhibited a star-like network pattern and shared a common haplotype (H 1 ).There was little difference between geographical sub-populations.Our results suggest that a recent E. granulosus population expansion occurred 13916 D. Hu et al. ©FUNPEC-RP www.funpecrp.com.brGenetics and Molecular Research 14 (4): 13915-13923 (2015)on the Tibetan Plateau, suggesting that E. granulosus was introduced into China.This study increases the basic molecular data needed for the molecular diagnosis, epidemiology, prevention, and control of Echinococcus diseases.