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| Title |
Genetic variation of mitochondrial genes among Echinococcus multilocularis isolates collected in western China
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| Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, May 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13071-017-2172-y |
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| Authors |
Chuanchuan Wu, Wenbao Zhang, Bo Ran, Haining Fan, Hui Wang, Baoping Guo, Canlin Zhou, Yingmei Shao, Wei Zhang, Patrick Giraudoux, Jenny Knapp, Hao Wen, Ling Kuang, Jun Li |
| Abstract |
Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a life-threatening human disease caused by Echinococcus multilocularis transmitted between rodents and dogs/foxes in the Northern Hemisphere. The study aims to identify the genetic variation of the parasite in AE patients from China. E. multilocularis isolates were collected from wild small mammals (n = 6) and AE patients (n = 56) from western China. Genomic DNA was extracted from different tissue samples including paraffin tissue blocks, ethanol fixed tissues and frozen tissues surgically removed. Two mitochondrial gene fragments (526 bp for cob and 474 bp for nad2) of E. multilocularis were amplified and sequenced. The parasite fragment sequences of cob fragments from AE patients showed two haplotypes, and nad2 gene fragment sequences had four haplotypes. The gene sequences from Microtus sp. were 100% identical to the sequences of some isolates from AE patients. These haplotypes were distributed in both Qinghai and Xinjiang provinces. Alignment analysis with the sequences from the GenBank databases showed five genotypes including three Asian genotypes, one from Europe and one from North America. Most AE patients harbored the Asian genotype 1 which may be an indication of its relative frequency in the definitive hosts and the environment or of its pathogenicity to humans, which calls for further research. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 33% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 14 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 29% |
| Researcher | 2 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 7% |
| Student > Master | 1 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 7% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 5 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 2 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 14% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 7% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 7% |
| Other | 2 | 14% |
| Unknown | 5 | 36% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 February 2018.
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