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ArticleMicrobial biotechnology2016

Innovative molecular diagnosis of Trichinella species based on β-carbonic anhydrase genomic sequence.

Reza Zolfaghari Emameh, Marianne Kuuslahti, Anu Näreaho, Antti Sukura, Seppo Parkkila

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Article in Microbial biotechnology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Reza Zolfaghari EmamehSchool of Medicine, University of Tampere, FI-33520, Tampere, Finland.
Marianne KuuslahtiSchool of Medicine, University of Tampere, FI-33520, Tampere, Finland.
Anu NäreahoDepartment of Veterinary Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.
Antti SukuraDepartment of Veterinary Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.
Seppo ParkkilaSchool of Medicine, University of Tampere, FI-33520, Tampere, Finland.
Tampere University · FIUniversity of Helsinki · FITampere University · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trichinellosis is a helminthic infection where different species of Trichinella nematodes are the causative agents. Several molecular assays have been designed to aid diagnostics of trichinellosis. These assays are mostly complex and expensive. The genomes of Trichinella species contain certain parasite-specific genes, which can be detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods. We selected β-carbonic anhydrase (β-CA) gene as a target, because it is present in many parasites genomes but absent in vertebrates. We developed a novel β-CA gene-based method for detection of Trichinella larvae in biological samples. We first identified a β-CA protein sequence from Trichinella spiralis by bioinformatic tools using β-CAs from Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster. Thereafter, 16 sets of designed primers were tested to detect β-CA genomic sequences from three species of Trichinella, including T. spiralis, Trichinella pseudospiralis and Trichinella nativa. Among all 16 sets of designed primers, the primer set No. 2 efficiently amplified β-CA genomic sequences from T. spiralis, T. pseudospiralis and T. nativa without any false-positive amplicons from other parasite samples including Toxoplasma gondii, Toxocara cati and Parascaris equorum. This robust and straightforward method could be useful for meat inspection in slaughterhouses, quality control by food authorities and medical laboratories.

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AnimalsCarbonic AnhydrasesDNA PrimersMeatMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesSensitivity and SpecificityTrichinella spiralisTrichinellosisCarbonic AnhydrasesDNA Primers

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