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Analysis of cytochrome c-oxidase (COI) gene of mitochondrial DNA from the Trichinella spp. in China

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Trichinella species are parasitic nematodes of great economical and health importance. In this study, approximately 400 bp of the mitochondrial cytochrome c-oxidase (COI) gene from six species of Trichinella parasites from China and two reference species (T3 and T5) was sequenced and compared. The results showed that parasites from Yunnan, Hubei, and Dongbei (north-eastern) of China were very similar to the reference T1 isolated from Dongbei. The T2 parasite was, however, more closely related to the T5 (T. murrelli); and a parasite from Henan was very different from the rest of the parasites. These results suggested that genetic differences among most of the geographic strains in China existed. The Henan isolate may represent a new strain or species that requires further investigation.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Xiamen Science and Technology Grant (3502Z20071077) and New Century Talents Support Program from Xiamen University, China to YRY. We thank Prof. Liu Mingyuan and Wang Zhongquan for providing the strains of Trichinella. We also acknowledge the Center of Disease Control and Prevention in Shanghai for providing the strains of Trichinella. We thank Dr. Xinzhuan Su for the manuscript revision and comments.

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  1. Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Cell Biology and Tumor Cell Engineering, School of Life Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, People’s Republic of China

    Yurong Yang & Wei Jian

  2. Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Institute Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy

    Edoardo Pozio

  3. Department of Biology, Life Science School, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, People’s Republic of China

    Yurong Yang

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Yang, Y., Jian, W. & Pozio, E. Analysis of cytochrome c-oxidase (COI) gene of mitochondrial DNA from the Trichinella spp. in China. Parasitol Res 103, 1355–1359 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-008-1141-y

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