Infected Domestic Cat () in Egypt; PCR-based Molecular Characterization of Nematode Eggs: a Potential Hazards to Human Health

Overview

Journal J Parasit Dis

Specialty Parasitology

Date 2023 Nov 27

PMID 38009147

Authors

Marwa M Attia

Tarek Mosallam

Ojena Samir

Aisha Ali

Ahmed Samir

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Abstract

This molecular-epidemiological study was conducted in several locations in Cairo and Giza Governorates in domestic cats () to detect the most common intestinal helminths in feces and molecularly characterize this nematode. So, three hundred domestic cats were admitted to different clinics around Cairo and Giza Governorates with severe diarrhea, even watery, between January 2023 and April 2023. The ages of the cats ranged from 1 to 2.5 years old. Blood, sera, and urine samples were collected for further investigation of the health condition of the animals was the major intestinal parasite found in cat stools, with a prevalence rate of 5% (15 cats). eggs had oval elliptical surfaces and thick cuticles. An embryo was located inside the smooth outer shell wall of the shell. The animals suffer from normocytic normochromic anemia with leukocytosis, relative lymphocytosis, and thrombocytopenia. The amplification of the ITS-rDNA region from the ascaridoid nematodes was successfully performed using NC5 and NC2 primers. The PCR product of the ITS-rDNA fragment was sequenced and yielded 860 bp. The accession number of the sequenced ITS-rDNA region was OQ735413, submitted to Gene Bank, and based on the blast analysis of NCBI, the current ascaridoid nematode proved to be genetically related to the family and identified as

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