1. Genetic diversity and phylogeography of the elusive, but epidemiologically importantEchinococcus granulosussensu stricto genotype G3
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Houria Zait, Teivi Laurimäe, Sami Simsek, Mohammad Rostami-Nejad, Adriano Casulli, Urmas Saarma, Liina Kinkar, Hossein Mirhendi, Eshrat Beigom Kia, Malik Irshadullah, Steffen Rehbein, Viliam Šnábel, Ibrahim Balkaya, Gérald Umhang, Mitra Sharbatkhori, Antonio Varcasia, Francisco Ponce-Gordo, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, University of Tartu, Atatürk University School of Medicine, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the Epidemiology, Detection and Control of Cystic and Alveolar Echinococcosis, University Hospital Mustapha Alger, Aligarh Muslim University, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences [Iran] (MUI), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences [Tehran] (SBUMS), Shahid Beheshti University, Universidad Complutense de Madrid = Complutense University of Madrid [Madrid] (UCM), Merial GmbH, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Firat University Faculty of Engineering Geology Department, Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Laboratoire de la rage et de la faune sauvage de Nancy (LRFSN), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), and University of Sassari
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0301 basic medicine ,Mitochondrial DNA ,Species complex ,Genotype ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,DNA, Mitochondrial ,03 medical and health sciences ,Mitochondrial genome ,Sensu ,Echinococcosis ,Zoonoses ,parasitic diseases ,Genetic variation ,Animals ,Humans ,[SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology ,Genetic variability ,Echinococcus granulosus ,Phylogeny ,Genetic diversity ,biology ,Genotype G3 ,Genetic Variation ,Bayes Theorem ,Bayesian phylogeny ,DNA, Helminth ,biology.organism_classification ,3. Good health ,Cystic echinococcosis ,Phylogeography ,030104 developmental biology ,Infectious Diseases ,Evolutionary biology ,Genome, Mitochondrial ,[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Parasitology - Abstract
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a severe parasitic disease caused by the species complexEchinococcus granulosussensu lato. Human infections are most commonly associated withE. granulosussensu stricto (s.s.), comprising genotypes G1 and G3. The objective of the current study was to provide first insight into the genetic diversity and phylogeography of genotype G3. Despite the epidemiological importance of the genotype, it has remained poorly explored due to the ambiguity in the definition of the genotype. However, it was recently demonstrated that long sequences of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) provide a reliable method to discriminate G1 and G3 from each other. Therefore, we sequenced near-complete mtDNA of 39 G3 samples, covering most of the known distribution range and host spectra of the genotype. The phylogenetic network revealed high genetic variation withinE. granulosus s.s.G3 and while G3 is significantly less prevalent worldwide than G1, the genetic diversity of both of the genotypes is equally high. We also present the results of the Bayesian phylogeographic analysis, which yielded several well-supported diffusion routes of genotype G3 originating from Turkey and Iran, suggesting the Middle East as the origin of the genotype.
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- 2018
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