Gene-based molecular analysis of COX1 in Echinococcus granulosus cysts isolated from naturally infected livestock in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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SUBMITTER: Metwally DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5905957 | biostudies-literature | 2018
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Gene-based molecular analysis of COX1 in Echinococcus granulosus cysts isolated from naturally infected livestock in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Metwally Dina M DM Metwally Dina M DM Qassim Latifa E LE Al-Turaiki Isra M IM Almeer Rafa S RS El-Khadragy Manal F MF
PloS one 20180418 4
The diversity and importance of Echinococcus species in domesticated animals in Saudi Arabia are poorly understood. In this study, 108 singular (hydatid) cysts were collected from goats (n = 25), sheep (n = 56) and camels (n = 27). DNA was extracted from the protoscoleces of individual fertile cysts and used for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of mitochondrial subunit 1 of the cytochrome c oxidase 1 (cox1) gene. Amplicon sequencing results revealed the presence of Echinococcus gran ...[more]
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