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Heterogenity of Echinococcus canadensis genotype 6 - the main causative agent of cystic echinococcosis in Birjand, Eastern Iran.
Veterinary parasitology - 15 Oct 2017
Karamian Mehdi, Haghighi Fatemeh, Hemmati Mina, Taylor Walter Robert, Salehabadi Alireza, Ghatee Mohammad Amin
Abstract excerpt
Little is known about the genotypes of Echinococcus spp. and their life cycles in eastern Iran. We analysed the partial sequences of the nad1 and cox1 genes from 17 isolates from hydatid cyst-infected patients (n=9), camels (n=5) and sheep (n=3) in Birjand, eastern Iran. A new primer pair was also used to amplify the long fragment (1180bp) of the cox1 gene. All camel and eight human isolates were G6 strains of...
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