Molecular Characterization of a Cryptosporidium Isolate From a Banded Mongoose Mungos mungo

Niichiro Abe; Kazutoshi Takami; Isao Kimata; Motohiro Iseki

doi:10.1645/GE-3231RN

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Niichiro Abe,¹ Kazutoshi Takami,² Isao Kimata,³ Motohiro Iseki⁴

¹Department of Microbiology, Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0026, Japan
²Osaka Municipal Tennoji Zoological Gardens, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0063, Japan
³Department of Medical Zoology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Osaka City University, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
⁴Department of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan. n.abe@iphes.city.osaka.jp

Abstract

Cryptosporidium spp. has been found in more than 150 species of mammals, but there has been no report in mongooses. In this study, we report the isolation of Cryptosporidium sp. in a banded mongoose Mungos mungo, which was brought from Tanzania to Japan; the isolate was analyzed genetically to validate the occurrence of a new, host-adapted genotype. Cryptosporidium diagnostic fragments of 18S ribosomal RNA and 70-kDa heat shock protein genes were amplified from this isolate and compared with the other Cryptosporidium species and genotypes reported previously. Analyses showed that the mongoose isolate represents a new genotype, closely related to that of bears.

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Niichiro Abe, Kazutoshi Takami, Isao Kimata, and Motohiro Iseki "Molecular Characterization of a Cryptosporidium Isolate From a Banded Mongoose Mungos mungo," Journal of Parasitology 90(1), 167-171, (1 February 2004). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-3231RN

Published: 1 February 2004

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