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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Genetic characterization of Fasciola hepatica from Tunisia and Algeria based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences
Parasitology Research, Volume 105, No. 6, Year 2009
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Fasciolosis caused by Fasciola spp. (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda: Digenea) is considered the most important helminth infection of ruminants in tropical countries, causing considerable socioeconomic problems. In the present study, samples identified morphologically as Fasciola hepatica from sheep and cattle from different geographical locations of Tunisia and Algeria were genetically characterised by sequences of the first (ITS-1), the 5.8S and second (ITS-2) Internal Transcribed Spacers (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA) and mitochondrial Cytochrome c Oxidase subunit I (COI) gene. Comparison of the ITS and COI sequences of the North African samples with sequences of Fasciola spp. from GenBank confirmed that all samples from Tunisia and Algeria samples belong to a single species, namely F. hepatica. Several specimens from Tunisia and Algeria showed a substitution C/T in position 859 in the ITS-2 sequences, previously reported from Spain, suggesting that the above mentioned variant may have a common origin and spread recently throughout the three countries because of movement of infected animals. This is the first molecular characterization of F. hepatica in North Africa which provides a foundation for further studies on Fasciola spp. in Tunisia and Algeria. © 2009 Springer-Verlag.
Authors & Co-Authors
Farjallah, Sarra
Tunisia, Monastir
Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Monastir
Sanna, Daria
Italy, Sassari
Università Degli Studi Di Sassari
Amor, Nabil M.S.
Tunisia, Monastir
Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Monastir
Ben Mehel, Benakriche
Algeria, Mostaganem
Université Abdelhamid Ibn Badis Mostaganem
Piras, Cristina Maria
Italy, Sassari
Università Degli Studi Di Sassari
Merella, Paolo
Italy, Sassari
Università Degli Studi Di Sassari
Casu, Marco
Italy, Sassari
Università Degli Studi Di Sassari
Curini-Galletti, M.
Italy, Sassari
Università Degli Studi Di Sassari
Saïd, Khaled H.
Tunisia, Monastir
Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Monastir
Garippa, Giovanni
Italy, Sassari
Università Degli Studi Di Sassari
Statistics
Citations: 42
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s00436-009-1601-z
ISSN:
09320113
Research Areas
Cancer
Genetics And Genomics
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Algeria
Tunisia