Publication: Genotypic characterisation of Echinococcus granulosus isolated from human in Turkey
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2010-04-04T00:00:00Z
Authors
Authors
Ergin, Sevgi
Saribas, Suat
Yuksel, PELİN
Zengin, Kaan
Midilli, Kenan
ADAS, Gokhan
ARIKAN, Soykan
Aslan, Mustafa
Uysal, Hayriye
Caliskan, Reyhan
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Metrics
Abstract
Cystic echinococcosis is one of the most important zoonotic diseases in Turkey. The aim of this study was for the molecular analysis of Echinococcus granulosus isolates from different regions of Turkey. For this purpose, 46 hydatid cyst samples collected from humans during the surgery were included. The partial sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene was used for identification and molecular analysis of E. granulosus strains. Molecular analysis showed that all of the human cysts belonged to the G1 genotype (common sheep strain) of E. granulosus. According to the results of our study, the sheep strain (G1) is the predominant genotype of E. granulosus in humans in our country.
Description
Keywords
Citation
Ergin S., Saribas S., Yuksel P., Zengin K., Midilli K., ADAS G., ARIKAN S., Aslan M., Uysal H., Caliskan R., et al., -Genotypic characterisation of Echinococcus granulosus isolated from human in Turkey-, AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY RESEARCH, cilt.4, ss.551-555, 2010