Article
Phylogenetic relationships of rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, isolated from different geographical regions revealed widespread multiple lineages.
Parasitology international - 1 Sept 2012
Tokiwa Toshihiro, Harunari Tsunehito, Tanikawa Tsutomu, Komatsu Noriyuki, Koizumi Nobuo, Tung Kwong-Chung, Suzuki Jun, Kadosaka Teruki, Takada Nobuhiro, Kumagai Takashi, Akao Nobuaki, Ohta Nobuo
Abstract excerpt
We conducted a pilot survey of genetic variation of A. cantonensis using small subunit (SSU) ribosomal (r) RNA and mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (coxI) gene sequences. Two distinct SSU genotypes (G1 and G2) were identified among 17 individual A. cantonensis worms from 17 different geographical localities in Japan, Mainland China, Taiwan, and Thailand. The partial coxI sequences were determined for...
Topics
- Angiostrongylus cantonensis
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- China
- DNA, Helminth
- Electron Transport Complex IV
- Genetic Variation
- Haplotypes
- Japan
- Molecular Sequence Data
