Molecular characterization of human Echinococcus isolates and the first report of E. canadensis (G6/G7) and E. multilocularis from the Punjab Province of Pakistan using sequence analysis

• Published in: BMC infectious diseases Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 262 - 10
• Main Authors: Khan, Aisha, Ahmed, Haroon, Simsek, Sami, Liu, Hua, Yin, Jianhai, Wang, Ying, Shen, Yujuan, Cao, Jianping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 03.04.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Alveoli; Analysis; Animals; Biodiversity; Cattle; Child; Child, Preschool; Cyclooxygenase 1 - genetics; Cysts; Cytochrome; Cytochrome b; Cytochrome-c oxidase; Cytochromes; Cytochromes b - genetics; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Dominant species; E. canadensis; E. granulosus sensu stricto; E. multilocularis; Echinococcosis; Echinococcosis - epidemiology; Echinococcosis - parasitology; Echinococcus; Echinococcus granulosus - genetics; Echinococcus granulosus - isolation & purification; Echinococcus multilocularis - genetics; Echinococcus multilocularis - isolation & purification; Electron Transport Complex I - genetics; Epidemiology; Female; Genes; Genetic analysis; Genetic diversity; Genotype; Genotype & phenotype; Genotyping; Health problems; Human; Human performance; Humans; Infectious diseases; Livestock; Livestock - parasitology; Male; Medical records; Middle Aged; Mitochondria; NADH; Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide; Northern Hemisphere; Oxidases; Pakistan; Pakistan - epidemiology; Parasites; Parasitic diseases; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Sequence analysis; Sequence Analysis - methods; Statistical analysis; Young Adult; Zoonoses; Zoonoses - epidemiology; Zoonoses - parasitology; Pakistan; Iran; China; India; Punjab Pakistan; Human; E. granulosus sensu stricto; Pakistan; E. canadensis; Genotyping; E. multilocularis

Echinococcosis is a zoonotic parasitic disease causing serious health problems in both humans and animals in different endemic regions across the world. There are two different forms of human echinococcosis: Cystic Echinococcosis (CE) and Alveolar Echinococcosis (AE). CE is caused by the larval stag...