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Molecular biological features of strains of Histomonas meleagridis

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Berlin strains of Histomonas meleagridis were subcultivated to produce cyst-like stages. These strains were studied for their ITS 1 and 18S rRNA properties and compared with sequences in data banks of other H. meleagridis strains, Dientamoeba fragilis, and some species of the genus Trichomonas and relatives. The Berlin isolates that had previously been shown to be able to develop cyst-like structures (Munsch et al. 2008) represent a significant cluster among the published data of other Histomonas meleagridis isolates and thus the formation of cysts might be a common feature that would open further possibilities of transmission.

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We gratefully acknowledge the support of King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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  1. Department of Zoomorphology, Cytology and Parasitology, Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Mareike Munsch & H. Mehlhorn

  2. Department of Zoology, College of Life Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Saleh Al-Quraishy

  3. Institute for Poultry Diseases, Free University Berlin, 14163, Berlin, Germany

    Abdul-Rahman Lotfi & H. M. Hafez

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Munsch, M., Mehlhorn, H., Al-Quraishy, S. et al. Molecular biological features of strains of Histomonas meleagridis . Parasitol Res 104, 1137–1140 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-008-1299-3

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