Haplorchis pumilio and H. taichui in Vietnam discriminated using ITS-2 DNA sequence data from adults and larvae

Van Van, Kim, Dalsgaard, Anders, Blair, David, and Hoa Le, Thanh (2009) Haplorchis pumilio and H. taichui in Vietnam discriminated using ITS-2 DNA sequence data from adults and larvae. Experimental Parasitology, 123 (2). pp. 146-151.

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Abstract

Samples of Haplorchis taichui and Haplorchis pumilio of different life-stages (cercariae, metacercariae and adults) and from different host species (snail, fish, dog, cat and human) were collected in Nghe An and Nam Dinh Provinces in Vietnam. Samples from Thailand were available for comparison. All adults and metacercariae were initially identified using morphological criteria. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays were developed for discriminating between the species. The complete sequence for the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer-2 (ITS-2) was obtained from one adult and one metacercaria of H. taichui and three adults and three metacercariae of H. pumilio from Vietnam. Sequences from cercariae from three different snails clustered with those of H. pumilio. Intra-individual variation in the ITS-2 region was detected by sequencing of cloned PCR products. These are the first sequences from Vietnamese Haplorchis spp. to be reported and demonstrate that H. taichui and H. pumilio can be identified unambiguously from any life-stage, including the cercarial stage that is difficult to identify using morphology. Discrepancies in the literature are discussed and examples of apparent misidentification highlighted. The data provide a resource to assist in taxonomic studies on heterophyids, in the design of probes for diagnosis and for field surveys to identify infection in snails.

Item ID: 10461
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1090-2449
Keywords: tropical biology; food-borne trematode; Haplorchiasis; Haplorchis taichui; Haplorchis pumilio; Internal transcribed spacer-2 (ITS-2); Phylogeny
Date Deposited: 20 Apr 2010 06:07
FoR Codes: 06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0603 Evolutionary Biology > 060301 Animal Systematics and Taxonomy @ 60%
11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1108 Medical Microbiology > 110803 Medical Parasitology @ 40%
SEO Codes: 92 HEALTH > 9201 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) > 920120 Zoonoses @ 100%
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