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- Title
Differential diagnosis and molecular characterization of Hymenolepis nana and Hymenolepis diminuta (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae) based on nuclear rDNA ITS2 gene marker.
- Authors
Sharma, Sunil; Lyngdoh, Damanbha; Roy, Bishnupada; Tandon, Veena
- Abstract
Given the widespread distribution and medical implication of members of the genus Hymenolepis, specific identification of the aetiological agent becomes imperative. For precise diagnosis of the species, molecular techniques such as PCR and RFLP of the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 2 (rDNA-ITS2) gene marker were carried out. The results showed distinct restriction patterns for both Hymenolepis nana and Hymenolepis diminuta when digested with either of the enzymes RsaI, HaeIII or HhaI. The annotated rDNA-ITS2 sequences from the two species revealed differences in the length; the folded secondary structure also depicted clear demarcation between the two species with variations in length of the helices, pyrimidine-pyrimidine mismatches and sites where motifs occur. In phylogenetic analysis of the evolutionary relationship between the two species as well as with other members of the family Hymenolepididae, the species causing human hymenolepiasis were found to be distantly related as they diverged independently from the ancestral lineage.
- Subjects
HYMENOLEPIASIS; HYMENOLEPIS diminuta; TAPEWORM infections; MOLECULAR parasitology; CYCLOPHYLLIDEA; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Parasitology Research, 2016, Vol 115, Issue 11, p4293
- ISSN
0932-0113
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00436-016-5210-3