Cystic echinococcosis in South America: systematic review of species and genotypes of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato in humans and natural domestic hosts
- Cucher, Marcela Alejandra
- Macchiaroli, Natalia
- Baldi, Germán
- Camicia, Federico
- Prada, Laura Cecilia
- Maldonado, Lucas Luciano
- Avila, Héctor Gabriel
- Fox, Adolfo
- Gutierrez, Ariana
- Negro, Perla
- López, Raúl
- Jensen, Oscar
- Rosenzvit, Mara Cecilia
- Kamenetzky, Laura
DOIAbstract
OBJECTIVE:To systematically review publications on Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato species/genotypes reported in domestic intermediate and definitive hosts in South America and in human cases worldwide, taking into account those articles where DNA sequencing was performed; and to analyse the density of each type of livestock that can act as intermediate host, and features of medical importance such as cyst organ location.METHODS:Literature search in numerous databases. We included only articles where samples were genotyped by sequencing since to date it is the most accurate method to unambiguously identify all E. granulosus s. l. genotypes. Also, we report new E. granulosus s. l. samples from Argentina and Uruguay analysed by sequencing ...
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