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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2002, p. 3818-3821, Vol. 40, No. 10
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.10.3818-3821.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

DNA Differential Diagnosis of Human Taeniid Cestodes by Base Excision Sequence Scanning Thymine-Base Reader Analysis with Mitochondrial Genes

Hiroshi Yamasaki,1* Minoru Nakao,1 Yasuhito Sako,1 Kazuhiro Nakaya,2 Marcello Otake Sato,1 Wulamu Mamuti,1,3 Munehiro Okamoto,4 and Akira Ito1

Department of Parasitology,1 Animal Laboratory for Medical Research, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa,2 Department of Laboratory Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan,4 Department of Parasitology, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China3

Received 15 March 2002/ Returned for modification 24 June 2002/ Accepted 8 July 2002

For DNA differential diagnosis of human Taenia cestodes, a base excision sequence scanning thymine-base method using the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and cytochrome b genes as targets was used. The characteristic thymine-base peak profiles provide four distinct types, unique for T. saginata, T. asiatica, and two genotypes of T. solium. This approach provides a useful tool for the identification and diagnosis of human taeniid cestodes without DNA sequencing if nucleotide sequence databases are available.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Midorigaoka Higashi 2-1-1-1, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan. Phone: 81-166-68-2421. Fax: 81-166-68-2429. E-mail: hyamasak{at}asahikawa-med.ac.jp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2002, p. 3818-3821, Vol. 40, No. 10
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.10.3818-3821.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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