Table 3. Human E. granulosus s.s. (G1) allelic frequencies at p29 loci genotyped with MAS-PCR.
Gouvernorat | Total no. of human cysts | Homozygotes: alleles A1/A1 | Homozygotes: alleles A2/A2 | Heterozygotes: alleles A1/A2 | |||
N | N | % | n | % | n | % | |
Sousse (East-central) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 1 | 33 |
Monastir (East-central) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 1 | 33 |
Mahdia (East-central) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 1 | 33 |
Kairouan (Central) | 10 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 5 | 50 |
Sidi bouzid (Central) | 9 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 56 |
Kasserine (West-central) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 75 |
Gabes (East-sud) | 1 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gafsa (West-sud) | 1 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 34 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 35 | 16 | 47 |