| Literature DB >> 18031748 |
Thanh Hoa Le1, Nguyen Van De, Takeshi Agatsuma, Thanh Giang Thi Nguyen, Quoc Doanh Nguyen, Donald P McManus, David Blair.
Abstract
The two species common of liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica, cause human fascioliasis. Hybrids between these species, and introgressed forms of Fasciola, are known from temperate and subtropical regions of eastern Asia. Here, we report the presence of hybrid and/or introgressed liver flukes in Vietnam where it has recently been recognised that human fascioliasis is an important zoonotic disease. Specimens examined came from domestic stock (cattle and buffalo) at slaughter and also from human patients. DNA sequences were obtained from the nuclear ribosomal second internal transcribed spacer (ITS-2) and from portions of two mitochondrial protein-coding genes. Mitochondrial sequences in every case were similar to those of Fasciola gigantica. Nuclear ITS-2 sequences belonged to one or other of the Fasciola species, or, sequences from both were found in the same individual worm. This study extends the known range of hybrids or introgressed forms of Fasciola into tropical regions of Asia.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 18031748 DOI： 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.10.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Parasitol ISSN： 0020-7519 Impact factor: 3.981