The genomic Echinococcus microsatellite EmsB sequences: from a molecular marker to the epidemiological tool

Knapp, J.; Bart, J.M.; Maillard, S.; Gottstein, B.; Piarroux, R. (2010). The genomic Echinococcus microsatellite EmsB sequences: from a molecular marker to the epidemiological tool. Parasitology, 137(3), pp. 439-49. London: Cambridge University Press 10.1017/S0031182009991612

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In the field of molecular and epidemiological parasitology, characterization of fast evolving genetic markers appears as an important challenge to consider the diversity and genetic structure of parasites. The study of respective populations can help us to understand their adaptive strategies to survive and perpetuate the species within different host populations, all trying to resist infection. In the past, the relative monomorphic features of Echinococcus multilocularis, the causative agent of alveolar echinococcosis and a severe human parasitic disease, did not stimulate studies dealing with the genetic variability of Echinococcus species or respective populations. A recently developed, characterized and validated original multilocus microsatellite, named EmsB, tandemly repeated in the genome, offered an additional opportunity for this line of investigation. We have compiled in this review new insights brought by this molecular tracker on the transmission activity of Echinococcus among different hosts and at different geographical scales.

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