Table 1. Molecular characterization of p29 genomic sequence within Echinococcus genus.
Sample no. | Echinococcus species | Sample origin | Total no of sequenced clones | No. of clones | Sequence type |
1 | E. granulosus s.s. (G1) | Sheep | 20 | 12 | E.g s.s.(G1) P29A1 |
8 | E.g s.s.(G1) P29A2 | ||||
2 | E. granulosus s.s. (G1) | Sheep | 20 | 9 | E.g s.s.(G1) P29A1 |
11 | E.g s.s.(G1) P29A2 | ||||
3 | E. granulosus s.s. (G1) | Sheep | 20 | 18* | E.g s.s.(G1) P29A2 |
4 | E. granulosus s.s. (G1) | Sheep | 20 | 20 | E.g s.s.(G1) P29A1 |
5 | E. granulosus s.s. (G1) | Sheep | 20 | 8 | E.g s.s.(G1) P29A1 |
10* | E.g s.s.(G1) P29A2 | ||||
6 | E. equinus (G4) | Horse | 20 | 20 | E.eq (G4) P29 |
7 | E. ortleppi (G5) | Cow | 20 | 19* | E.ort (G5) P29 |
8 | E. canadensis (G6) | Camel | 20 | 20 | E.can (G6) P29 |
9 | E. canadensis (G7) | Pig | 20 | 20 | E.can (G7) P29 |
10 | E. canadensis (G10) | Deer | 20 | 17 | E.can (G10) P29 |
11 | E.multilocularis (Switzerland) | Human | 20 | 20 | E.m P29 |
12 | E.multilocularis (Germany) | Human | 20 | 20 | E.m P29 |
13 | E.multilocularis (St. Lawrence Island) | Human | 20 | 20 | E.m P29 |
14 | E.multilocularis (Canada) | Human | 20 | 20 | E.m P29 |
*In total five clones were rejected because of the bad quality of their sequences (2 clones from sample 3, 2 from sample 5 and 1 clone from sample 7).