Detection of genetic variation in Taenia solium

J Parasitol. 2003 Dec;89(6):1250-4. doi: 10.1645/GE-2786RN.

Abstract

Genetic variability among Taenia solium isolates was studied in 160 cysticerci from 6 pigs, 4 from Mexico, 1 from Honduras, and 1 from Tanzania. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis performed with 4 commercial primers showed 88% polymorphic loci and an average heterozygosity of 0.077; however, several alleles were fixed within each isolate. Linkage disequilibrium analysis indicated that 3 of the 6 isolates had a random association of alleles, whereas the other 3 had a clonal structure. These results suggest the existence of local lineages in T. solium, with events of genetic recombination within them.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Cysticercosis / parasitology
  • Cysticercosis / veterinary
  • Cysticercus / genetics
  • DNA, Helminth / analysis
  • Genetic Variation*
  • Honduras
  • Linkage Disequilibrium
  • Mexico
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Polymorphism, Genetic
  • Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
  • Swine
  • Swine Diseases / parasitology
  • Taenia solium / classification
  • Taenia solium / genetics*
  • Tanzania

Substances

  • DNA, Helminth