Advances in the treatment, diagnosis, control and scientific understanding of taeniid cestode parasite infections over the past 50 years

MW Lightowlers, RB Gasser, A Hemphill… - International journal for …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the past 50 years, enormous progress has been made in the diagnosis, treatment and
control of taeniid cestode infections/diseases and in the scientific understanding thereof …

[HTML][HTML] Revealing novel cytb and nad5 genes-based population diversity and benzimidazole resistance in Echinococcus granulosus of bovine origin

MA Alvi, A Alshammari, RMA Ali, S Ul Haq… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a neglected zoonotic disease caused by Echinococcus
granulosus (sensu stricto). The parasite affects a wide range of livestock and wild animals. In …

[HTML][HTML] High-quality reference genome for Clonorchis sinensis

ND Young, AJ Stroehlein, L Kinkar, T Wang, WM Sohn… - Genomics, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Chinese liver fluke, Clonorchis sinensis, causes the disease clonorchiasis,
affecting~ 35 million people in regions of China, Vietnam, Korea and the Russian Far East …

Cestodes in the genomic era

L Kamenetzky, LL Maldonado, MA Cucher - Parasitology Research, 2022 - Springer
The first cestode genomes were obtained by an international consortium led by the
Wellcome Sanger Institute that included representative institutions from countries where the …

[HTML][HTML] First record of a tandem-repeat region within the mitochondrial genome of Clonorchis sinensis using a long-read sequencing approach

L Kinkar, ND Young, WM Sohn… - PLOS Neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Mitochondrial genomes provide useful genetic markers for systematic and
population genetic studies of parasitic helminths. Although many such genome sequences …

[HTML][HTML] Nanopore sequencing resolves elusive long tandem-repeat regions in mitochondrial genomes

L Kinkar, RB Gasser, BL Webster, D Rollinson… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Long non-coding, tandem-repetitive regions in mitochondrial (mt) genomes of many
metazoans have been notoriously difficult to characterise accurately using conventional …

[HTML][HTML] Echinococcus spp. and genotypes infecting humans in Tibet Autonomous Region of China: a molecular investigation with near-complete/complete …

Y Zhao, D Gesang, L Wan, J Li, G Qiangba… - Parasites & …, 2022 - Springer
Background Molecular markers are essential to identify Echinococcus species and
genotypes in areas with multiple Echinococcus species to understand their epidemiology …

[HTML][HTML] Hammerhead flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae, Bipaliinae): mitochondrial genomes and description of two new species from France, Italy, and …

JL Justine, R Gastineau, P Gros, D Gey, E Ruzzier… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Background New records of alien land planarians are regularly reported worldwide, and
some correspond to undescribed species of unknown geographic origin. The description of …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic variation of Echinococcus spp. in yaks and sheep in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China based on mitochondrial DNA

JA Ohiolei, CY Xia, L Li, JZ Liu, WQ Tang, YT Wu… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Background Cystic echinococcosis (CE) in humans and livestock is caused by
Echinococcus granulosus (sensu lato). In China where CE is endemic, a number of studies …

[HTML][HTML] Assembly and phylogeographical analysis of novel Taenia solium mitochondrial genomes suggest stratification within the African-American genotype

G Jiménez-Avalos, A Soto-Obando, M Solis… - Parasites & …, 2023 - Springer
Background Taenia solium is a parasite of public health concern, causing human taeniasis
and cysticercosis. Two main genotypes have been identified: Asian and African-American …