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- Title
Molecular identification of Cryptosporidium species from domestic ruminants and wild reptiles in Cyprus.
- Authors
Schou, Chad; Hasapis, Kyriacos; Karanis, Panagiotis
- Abstract
The presence of Cryptosporidium species in faecal samples of 32 sheep (Aries bovis), 10 goats (Capra circus), 1 blunt nose viper (Macrovipera lebetina lebetina), 3 Kotschy's geckos (Mediodactylus kotschyi) and 6 wild stellagamas (Stellagama stellio cypriaca) in Cyprus were investigated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing. Cryptosporidium species were found in 9/32 sheep, 5/10 goats, 2/3 Kotschy's geckos and 2/6 stellagamas faecal samples based on the sequencing of the 18S rRNA gene. Subtyping was achieved based on the sequencing of the gp60 gene. Four different species have been identified: Cryptosporidium parvum in goats (subtype IIaA15G1R1), C. xiaoi (subtypes XXIIId and XXIIIl) and C. ubiquitum (subtype XIIa) in sheep and C. varanii and C. parvum in lizards; the viper snake sample was negative. This is the first report on the molecular identification of a variety of Cryptosporidium species from domestic ruminants and wild reptiles in the Republic of Cyprus.
- Subjects
CYPRUS; RUMINANTS; REPTILES; SPECIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM parvum; POLYMERASE chain reaction
- Publication
Parasitology Research, 2022, Vol 121, Issue 7, p2193
- ISSN
0932-0113
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00436-022-07527-2