A case of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense infection as confirmed by mitochondrial COX1 gene sequence analysis.
Korean J Parasitol
; 51(4): 471-3, 2013 Aug.
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Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense has been reported in Korea as Diphyllobothrium latum because of their close morphologic resemblance. We have identified a human case of D. nihonkaiense infection using the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (cox1) gene sequence analysis. On 18 February 2012, a patient who had consumed raw fish a month earlier visited our outpatient clinic with a long tapeworm parasite excreted in the feces. The body of the segmented worm was 2 m long and divided into the scolex (head) and proglottids. It was morphologically close to D. nihonkaiense and D. latum. The cox1 gene analysis showed 99.4% (340/342 bp) homology with D. nihonkaiense but only 91.8% (314/342 bp) homology with D. latum. The present study suggested that the Diphyllobothrium spp. infection in Korea should be analyzed with specific DNA sequence for an accurate species identification.
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Assunto principal:
Proteínas de Helminto
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Proteínas Mitocondriais
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Difilobotríase
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Diphyllobothrium
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Ciclo-Oxigenase 1
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
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En
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Korean J Parasitol
Assunto da revista:
PARASITOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2013
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Article