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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Specific identification of Egyptian Biomphalaria species and possible hybrids using the polymerase chain reaction based on nuclear and mitochondrial loci
Molecular and Cellular Probes, Volume 19, No. 1, Year 2005
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The snail historically implicated in the transmission of Schistosoma mansoni in Egypt is Biomphalaria alexandrina. The problem of schistosomiasis in Egypt has been complicated in recent years by the introduction of Biomphalaria glabrata, which has been reported to hybridize with B. alexandrina. Both introduced and hybrid snails also pose a threat with respect to S. mansoni transmission. As morphological differentiation of these snails is difficult, using three DNA loci, nuclear ITS1 and ITS2, and mitochondrial ND1, PCR-based assays were developed to identify these species and possible hybrids. The assays are rapid, reproducible, sensitive and specific. This technique may be used in field surveys to study the distribution of the two species of intermediate host and their putative hybrids in Egypt. © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Lotfy, Wael Mohamed
United States, Albuquerque
The University of new Mexico
Iraq, Baghdad
University of Baghdad
DeJong, Randall J.
United States, Albuquerque
The University of new Mexico
Black, Brandee S.
United States, Albuquerque
The University of new Mexico
Loker, Eric Samuel
United States, Albuquerque
The University of new Mexico
Statistics
Citations: 24
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.mcp.2004.08.003
ISSN:
08908508
Research Areas
Cancer
Genetics And Genomics
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Egypt