Multi-locus characterization and phylogenetic inference of Leishmania spp. in snakes from Northwest China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Leishmaniasis caused by protozoan parasite Leishmania is a neglected disease which is endemic in the northwest of China. Reptiles were considered to be the potential reservoir hosts for mammalian Leishmaniasis, and Leishmania had been detected in lizards from the epidemic area in the northwest of China. To date, few studies are focused on the natural infection of snakes with Leishmania.

Methods

In this study, 15 snakes captured from 10 endemic foci in the northwest of China were detected Leishmania spp. on the base of mitochondrial cytochrome b, heat shock protein 70 gene and ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 regions, and identified with phylogenetic and network analyses.

Result

In total, Leishmania gene was found in 7 snakes. The phylogenetic inferen

SUBMITTER: Chen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6483563 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature