Enzyme markers to identify and characterize Opisthorchis viverrini in Thailand and Lao PDR

Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2006:37 Suppl 3:43-7.

Abstract

We conducted an allozyme electrophoretic study to explore potential enzyme markers to distinguish Opisthorchis viverrini in Thailand and Lao PDR. Twenty-eight enzymes encoding presumptive 32 loci were established. The enzymes glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and pyruvate kinase were diagnostic between two geographically separate isolates from Thailand. Twelve enzymes, ie, aconitate hydratase, aldolase, creatine kinase, enolase, esterases, fumarate hydratase, aspartate aminotransferase, glucose-phosphate isomerase, alanine aminotransferase, isocitrate dehydrogenase, malic enzyme, and pyruvate kinase, also provided diagnostic markers for these two isolates from Thailand and one isolate from Lao PDR.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Electrophoresis
  • Enzymes / analysis
  • Fish Diseases / parasitology*
  • Genetic Markers
  • Helminth Proteins / analysis
  • Laos
  • Opisthorchiasis / parasitology
  • Opisthorchiasis / veterinary*
  • Opisthorchis / enzymology*
  • Opisthorchis / genetics
  • Thailand

Substances

  • Enzymes
  • Genetic Markers
  • Helminth Proteins