Morphological and Molecular Identification of the Metacestode Parasitizing the Liver of Rodent Hosts in Bamboo Growing Areas of Mizoram, Northeast India

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Specialty Biology

Date 2012 Feb 21

PMID 22347781

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Chenkual Malsawmtluangi

Pramod Kumar Prasad

Devendra Kumar Biswal

Veena Tandon

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Abstract

In Mizoram (Northeast India), rodent outbreaks are known to occur periodically with the onset of bamboo flowering causing a tremendous destruction to food grains and as per the folk belief, often resulting in famine. In an exploratory survey of rodent pests in bamboo growing atreas for their helminth parasite spectrum, metacestodes of tapeworms were frequently encountered infecting the liver lobes and body cavity of the host. The morphological criteria were found to be closely consistent with the metacestode of Taenia species. In molecular characterization of the parasite, the ribosomal DNA (ITS1, ITS2) and mitochondrial COI were amplified and sequenced. Based upon both morphological data and molecular analysis using bioinformatic tools, the metacestode is identified as confirmed to be representing Cysticercus fasciolaris. The adult form of which (Taenia taeniaeformis) commonly occurs in felid and canid mammalian hosts.

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