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Genetic diversity of Echinococcus spp. in Russia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 August 2013

SERGEY V. KONYAEV ,
TETSUYA YANAGIDA ,
MINORU NAKAO ,
GALINA M. INGOVATOVA ,
YAKOV N. SHOYKHET ,
ALEXANDR Y. BONDAREV ,
VALERIY A. ODNOKURTSEV ,
KYUNNYAY S. LOSKUTOVA ,
GULNUR I. LUKMANOVA  and
NIKOLAI E. DOKUCHAEV
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SERGEY V. KONYAEV
Affiliation:
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, 078-8510, Japan Novosibirsk State Agrarian University, Novosibirsk, Russia
TETSUYA YANAGIDA*
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, 078-8510, Japan
MINORU NAKAO
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, 078-8510, Japan
GALINA M. INGOVATOVA
Affiliation:
Altai State Medical University, Barnaul, Russia
YAKOV N. SHOYKHET
Affiliation:
Altai State Medical University, Barnaul, Russia
ALEXANDR Y. BONDAREV
Affiliation:
Center of Forest Protection of Altai Krai, Barnaul, Russia
VALERIY A. ODNOKURTSEV
Affiliation:
Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, SB RAS, Yakutsk, Russia
KYUNNYAY S. LOSKUTOVA
Affiliation:
The Yakut Scientific Centre of Complex Medical Problems, SB RAS, Yakutsk, Russia
GULNUR I. LUKMANOVA
Affiliation:
Bashkortostan State Medical University, Ufa, Russia
NIKOLAI E. DOKUCHAEV
Affiliation:
Institute of Biological Problems of the North of Far Eastern Branch, RAS, Magadan, Russia
SERGEY SPIRIDONOV
Affiliation:
Centre of Parasitology of A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, RAS, Moscow, Russia
MIKHAIL V. ALSHINECKY
Affiliation:
Moscow Zoo, Moscow, Russia
TATYANA N. SIVKOVA
Affiliation:
Perm State Agricultural Academy, Perm, Russia
OLEG N. ANDREYANOV
Affiliation:
The All-Russian Institute of Helminthology of K. I. Skryabin, Moscow, Russia
SERGEY A. ABRAMOV
Affiliation:
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
ANTON V. KRIVOPALOV
Affiliation:
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
SERGEY V. KARPENKO
Affiliation:
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
NATALIA V. LOPATINA
Affiliation:
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
TAMARA A. DUPAL
Affiliation:
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
YASUHITO SAKO
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, 078-8510, Japan
AKIRA ITO
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, 078-8510, Japan
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*Corresponding author. Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, 078-8510, Japan. Tel.: +81 166 68 2421. Fax: +81 166 68 2429. E-mail: [email protected]
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Summary

In Russia, both alveolar and cystic echinococcoses are endemic. This study aimed to identify the aetiological agents of the diseases and to investigate the distribution of each Echinococcus species in Russia. A total of 75 Echinococcus specimens were collected from 14 host species from 2010 to 2012. Based on the mitochondrial DNA sequences, they were identified as Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto (s.s.), E. canadensis and E. multilocularis. E. granulosus s.s. was confirmed in the European Russia and the Altai region. Three genotypes, G6, G8 and G10 of E. canadensis were detected in Yakutia. G6 was also found in the Altai region. Four genotypes of E. multilocularis were confirmed; the Asian genotype in the western Siberia and the European Russia, the Mongolian genotype in an island of Baikal Lake and the Altai Republic, the European genotype from a captive monkey in Moscow Zoo and the North American genotype in Yakutia. The present distributional record will become a basis of public health to control echinococcoses in Russia. The rich genetic diversity demonstrates the importance of Russia in investigating the evolutionary history of the genus Echinococcus.

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EchinococcosisEchinococcusRussia
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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 140 , Special Issue 13: Control of cestode zoonoses in Asia: role of basic and applied science , November 2013 , pp. 1637 - 1647
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