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1 July 1999 TWO THEILERIA CERVI SSU RRNA GENE SEQUENCE TYPES FOUND IN ISOLATES FROM WHITE-TAILED DEER AND ELK IN NORTH AMERICA
Joon-seok Chae, Suryakant D. Waghela, Thomas M. Craig, Alan A. Kocan, Gerald G. Wagner, Patricia J. Holman
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Abstract

Two Theileria cervi SSU rRNA gene sequence Types, F and G, from white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) isolates in North America were confirmed. Previously, nucleotide sequencing through a single variable (V4) region showed the presence of SSU rRNA gene Types F and G in T. cervi isolates from white-tailed deer and an elk. In this study, both sequence types were found in four T. cervi isolates (two from deer and two from elk). Microheterogeneity only appeared in the Type G gene, resulting in Subtypes G1, G2 and G3. Subtype G1 was found in two elk and one white-tailed deer T. cervi isolate; Subtypes G2 and G3 were found in a white-tailed deer T. cervi isolate. The Type F SSU rRNA genes were identical in nucleotide sequence in both elk and white-tailed deer T. cervi isolates. The high degree of conservation in the Type F variable regions may be exploited to design specific oligonucleotide primers for parasite detection by the polymerase chain reaction in cervine or tick hosts.

Chae, Waghela, Craig, Kocan, Wagner, and Holman: TWO THEILERIA CERVI SSU RRNA GENE SEQUENCE TYPES FOUND IN ISOLATES FROM WHITE-TAILED DEER AND ELK IN NORTH AMERICA
Joon-seok Chae, Suryakant D. Waghela, Thomas M. Craig, Alan A. Kocan, Gerald G. Wagner, and Patricia J. Holman "TWO THEILERIA CERVI SSU RRNA GENE SEQUENCE TYPES FOUND IN ISOLATES FROM WHITE-TAILED DEER AND ELK IN NORTH AMERICA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 35(3), 458-465, (1 July 1999). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-35.3.458
Received: 31 August 1998; Published: 1 July 1999
KEYWORDS
Cervus elaphus canadensis
elk
gene amplification
nucleotide sequence
Odocoileus virginianus
small subunit ribosomal RNA gene
Theileria cervi
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