Molecular Characteristics of Echinococcus granulosus Strains Isolated from Iranian Camel Using High Resolution Melting Analysis of atp6 and cox1 Genes

Molecular Characterization of Echinococcus granulosus Isolated from Sheep and Camel in Iran

Molecular Characterization of Echinococcus granulosus Isolated from Sheep and Camel in Iran

SUmmJlry Forty-eight isolates of hydatid cyst collected from sheep and camels slaughtered in different areas of Iran were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism techniques. The results indicated that the isolates could be categorized into two distinct and uniform genotype grouping, the camel/dog strain,group (Genotype 6) and cosmopolitan common sheep ...

molecular characterization of echinococcus granulosus isolated from sheep and camel in iran

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High polymorphism in genes encoding antigen B from human infecting strains of Echinococcus granulosus.

Echinococcus granulosus antigen B (AgB) is encoded by a gene family and is involved in the evasion of the host immune response. E. granulosus exists as a number of strains (G1-G10) that differ in biological characteristics. We used PCR-SSCP followed by DNA sequencing to evaluate sequence variation and transcription profile of AgB in 5 E. granulosus strains. Twenty-four genomic sequences were is...

Genetic differences between Tunisian camel and sheep strains of the cestode Echinococcus granulosus revealed by SSCP.

Ovine and dromedary Echinococcus granulosus isolates from Tunisia were identified as G1 and G6 strains based on polymorphism of the mitochondrial cytochrome C oxydase CO1. Single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) was used in order to examine the genetic variation within and between Tunisian G1 and G6 strains and to estimate the extent of selfing. The dromedary isolates are genetically dis...