Title
DNA sequences confirm low specificity to definitive host and wide distribution of the cat pathogen Platynosomum illiciens (= P. fastosum) (Trematoda: Dicrocoeliidae)
Date Issued
01 June 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher(s)
Springer Verlag
Abstract
Although feline platynosomosis has been commonly reported in several parts of the world, the taxonomy and epidemiological chain related to cat liver flukes remain controversial. In this study, nuclear ribosomal ITS, 28S, and mitochondrial cox1 sequences obtained for Platynosomum illiciens from cat, marmoset, lizard, and snail found naturally infected in Brazil reveal no significant molecular differences between these isolates. Moreover, sequence data confirm that Brazilian P. illiciens from different hosts is conspecific with parasites obtained from cats in Vietnam, supporting wide distribution of the species. The lack of pronounced specificity of P. illiciens to definitive hosts is confirmed here for the first time using molecular approach. The results are discussed in context of the epizootology of platynosomosis.
Start page
1975
End page
1978
Volume
117
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Parasitología
Genética, Herencia
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85046096417
PubMed ID
Source
Parasitology Research
ISSN of the container
09320113
Sponsor(s)
The use of parasites from marmosets was authorized by the Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e Recursos Naturais Renováveis (IBAMA) (no. CTF 2043710/20-45). All procedures involving animals were in accordance with local animal research ethics committees of Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (protocol 167/06 and 199/2009) and Universidade Federal do Ceará (protocol 40/2014).
Funding information This study was supported in part by the US National Science Foundation grant DEB-1120734 to VVT. This work was also supported by National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brazil (doctoral scholarship to EAPM and research scholarship to ALM).
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