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ArticleScientific reports2016

Rapid identification of nine species of diphyllobothriidean tapeworms by pyrosequencing.

Tongjit Thanchomnang, Chairat Tantrawatpan, Pewpan M Intapan, Oranuch Sanpool, Viraphong Lulitanond, Somjintana Tourtip, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Wanchai Maleewong

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Tongjit ThanchomnangFaculty of Medicine, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham, 44000, Thailand.
Chairat TantrawatpanResearch and Diagnostic Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand.
Pewpan M IntapanResearch and Diagnostic Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand.
Oranuch SanpoolFaculty of Medicine, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham, 44000, Thailand.
Viraphong LulitanondResearch and Diagnostic Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand.
Somjintana TourtipFaculty of Medicine, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham, 44000, Thailand.
Hiroshi YamasakiDepartment of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, 162-8640, Japan.
Wanchai MaleewongResearch and Diagnostic Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand.
Khon Kaen University · THMahasarakham University · THNational Institute of Infectious Diseases · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The identification of diphyllobothriidean tapeworms (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea) that infect humans and intermediate/paratenic hosts is extremely difficult due to their morphological similarities, particularly in the case of Diphyllobothrium and Spirometra species. A pyrosequencing method for the molecular identification of pathogenic agents has recently been developed, but as of yet there have been no reports of pyrosequencing approaches that are able to discriminate among diphyllobothriidean species. This study, therefore, set out to establish a pyrosequencing method for differentiating among nine diphyllobothriidean species, Diphyllobothrium dendriticum, Diphyllobothrium ditremum, Diphyllobothrium latum, Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense, Diphyllobothrium stemmacephalum, Diplogonoporus balaenopterae, Adenocephalus pacificus, Spirometra decipiens and Sparganum proliferum, based on the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) gene as a molecular marker. A region of 41 nucleotides in the cox1 gene served as a target, and variations in this region were used for identification using PCR plus pyrosequencing. This region contains nucleotide variations at 12 positions, which is enough for the identification of the selected nine species of diphyllobothriidean tapeworms. This method was found to be a reliable tool not only for species identification of diphyllobothriids, but also for epidemiological studies of cestodiasis caused by diphyllobothriidean tapeworms at public health units in endemic areas.

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High-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingPlatyhelminthsAnimalsElectron Transport Complex IVHelminth ProteinsElectron Transport Complex IVHelminth Proteins

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