Molecular characterization of ascaridoid parasites from captive wild carnivores in China using ribosomal and mitochondrial sequences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the public health importance of toxocariasis/toxascariasis, only a few species of these ascaridoid parasites from wild canine and feline carnivores have been studied at the molecular level so far. Poor understanding of diversity, host distribution and the potential (zoonotic) transmission of the ascaridoid species among wild animals negatively affects their surveillance and control in natural settings. In this study, we updated previous knowledge by profiling the genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of ascaridoid species among eleven wild canine and feline animals on the basis of a combined analysis of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) gene and the partial mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 2 (cox2) and NADH dehydrogenase

SUBMITTER: Xie Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7391581 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature