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The catholic taste of broad tapeworms multiple routes to human infection

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    SYSNO ASEP0485159
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleThe catholic taste of broad tapeworms multiple routes to human infection
    Author(s) Waeschenbach, A. (GB)
    Brabec, Jan (BC-A) RID, ORCID
    Scholz, Tomáš (BC-A) RID, ORCID
    Littlewood, D. T. J. (GB)
    Kuchta, Roman (BC-A) RID, ORCID
    Number of authors5
    Source TitleInternational Journal for Parasitology. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0020-7519
    Roč. 47, č. 13 (2017), s. 831-843
    Number of pages13 s.
    Publication formPrint - P
    Languageeng - English
    CountryAU - Australia
    KeywordsDiphyllobothriidea ; Diphyllobothriosis ; Phylogeny ; Sparganosis ; Systematics ; Taxonomic revision ; Mitochondrial ; Nuclear
    Subject RIVEG - Zoology
    OECD categoryZoology
    R&D ProjectsGAP506/12/1632 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    Institutional supportBC-A - RVO:60077344
    UT WOS000414816400002
    EID SCOPUS85028981572
    DOI10.1016/j.ijpara.2017.06.004
    AnnotationBroad tapeworms (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea) are the principal agents of widespread food-borne cestodosis. Diphyllobothriosis and diplogonoporosis, caused by members of the genera Diphyllobothrium, Diplogonoporus and Adenocephalus, are the most common fish cesto-doses with an estimated 20 million people infected worldwide, and has seen recent (re)emergences in Europe due to the increasing popularity of eating raw or undercooked fish. Sparganosis is a debilitating and potentially lethal disease caused by the larvae of the genus Spirometra, which occurs throughout much of the (sub)tropics and is caused by the consumption of raw snakes and frogs, and drinking water contaminated by infected copepods. Both dis eases are caused by several species, but the frequency by which the transition to humans has occurred has never been studied. Using a phylogenetic framework of 30 species based on large and small nuclear ribosomal RNA subunits (ssrDNA, IsrDNA), large subunit mitochondrial ribosomal RNA (rrnL) and cytochrome coxidase subunit I (cox1), we hypothesize that humans have been acquired as accidental hosts four times across the tree of life of diphyllobothriideans. However, polytomies prevent an unambiguous reconstruction of the evolution of intermediate and definitive host use. The broad host spectrum and the frequency with which switching between major host groups appears to have occurred, may hold the answer as to why accidental human infection occurred multiple times across the phylogeny of diphyllobothriideans. In this study Diplogonoporus is determined to be the junior synonym of Diphyllobothrium.
    WorkplaceBiology Centre (since 2006)
    ContactDana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214
    Year of Publishing2018
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