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Epidemiology and Genetic Diversity of Spirometra Tapeworm Isolates from Snakes in Hunan Province, China
SIMPLE SUMMARY: With this study, we aimed to investigate the epidemiology and genetic diversity of Spirometra tapeworms in snakes in Hunan province. The result showed that the positivity rate among snakes was 89.53%, which is the highest among other regions. Genetic diversity analysis based on conca...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9101633/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35565642 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12091216 |
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author | Gong, Tengfang Su, Xiaoyi Li, Fen He, Junlin Chen, Shuyu Li, Wenchao Xie, Xinrui Liu, Yisong Zhang, Xi Liu, Wei |
author_facet | Gong, Tengfang Su, Xiaoyi Li, Fen He, Junlin Chen, Shuyu Li, Wenchao Xie, Xinrui Liu, Yisong Zhang, Xi Liu, Wei |
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description | SIMPLE SUMMARY: With this study, we aimed to investigate the epidemiology and genetic diversity of Spirometra tapeworms in snakes in Hunan province. The result showed that the positivity rate among snakes was 89.53%, which is the highest among other regions. Genetic diversity analysis based on concatenated sequences revealed high genetic diversity but no distinct genetic structure among Spirometra populations. Phylogenetic analysis supported the division of European and Chinese Spirometra isolates and a single species in Chinese Spirometra isolates. ABSTRACT: Sparganosis, caused by the plerocercoid larvae of Spirometra tapeworms, is a public health hazard worldwide. The prevalence and genetics of sparganum from snakes remain unclear. In this study, we investigated the prevalence of sparganum infection in wild snakes in Hunan province and compared the prevalence of Spirometra tapeworms in snakes worldwide. Furthermore, the genetic diversity of collected isolates was analyzed using mitochondrial cytb and cox1 genes. The result shows that the sparganum infection rate in wild snakes (89.50%, 402/449) was higher in Hunan than in other regions. Genetic diversity analysis based on concatenated sequences revealed high genetic diversity but no distinct genetic structure among Spirometra populations. Phylogenetic analysis supported the division of European and Chinese Spirometra isolates and a single species in Chinese Spirometra isolates. The prevalence of Spirometra tapeworms in snakes is serious, and the risk of sparganosis should be further publicized. |
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spelling | pubmed-91016332022-05-14 Epidemiology and Genetic Diversity of Spirometra Tapeworm Isolates from Snakes in Hunan Province, China Gong, Tengfang Su, Xiaoyi Li, Fen He, Junlin Chen, Shuyu Li, Wenchao Xie, Xinrui Liu, Yisong Zhang, Xi Liu, Wei Animals (Basel) Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: With this study, we aimed to investigate the epidemiology and genetic diversity of Spirometra tapeworms in snakes in Hunan province. The result showed that the positivity rate among snakes was 89.53%, which is the highest among other regions. Genetic diversity analysis based on concatenated sequences revealed high genetic diversity but no distinct genetic structure among Spirometra populations. Phylogenetic analysis supported the division of European and Chinese Spirometra isolates and a single species in Chinese Spirometra isolates. ABSTRACT: Sparganosis, caused by the plerocercoid larvae of Spirometra tapeworms, is a public health hazard worldwide. The prevalence and genetics of sparganum from snakes remain unclear. In this study, we investigated the prevalence of sparganum infection in wild snakes in Hunan province and compared the prevalence of Spirometra tapeworms in snakes worldwide. Furthermore, the genetic diversity of collected isolates was analyzed using mitochondrial cytb and cox1 genes. The result shows that the sparganum infection rate in wild snakes (89.50%, 402/449) was higher in Hunan than in other regions. Genetic diversity analysis based on concatenated sequences revealed high genetic diversity but no distinct genetic structure among Spirometra populations. Phylogenetic analysis supported the division of European and Chinese Spirometra isolates and a single species in Chinese Spirometra isolates. The prevalence of Spirometra tapeworms in snakes is serious, and the risk of sparganosis should be further publicized. MDPI 2022-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9101633/ /pubmed/35565642 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12091216 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Gong, Tengfang Su, Xiaoyi Li, Fen He, Junlin Chen, Shuyu Li, Wenchao Xie, Xinrui Liu, Yisong Zhang, Xi Liu, Wei Epidemiology and Genetic Diversity of Spirometra Tapeworm Isolates from Snakes in Hunan Province, China |
title | Epidemiology and Genetic Diversity of Spirometra Tapeworm Isolates from Snakes in Hunan Province, China |
title_full | Epidemiology and Genetic Diversity of Spirometra Tapeworm Isolates from Snakes in Hunan Province, China |
title_fullStr | Epidemiology and Genetic Diversity of Spirometra Tapeworm Isolates from Snakes in Hunan Province, China |
title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiology and Genetic Diversity of Spirometra Tapeworm Isolates from Snakes in Hunan Province, China |
title_short | Epidemiology and Genetic Diversity of Spirometra Tapeworm Isolates from Snakes in Hunan Province, China |
title_sort | epidemiology and genetic diversity of spirometra tapeworm isolates from snakes in hunan province, china |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9101633/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35565642 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12091216 |
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