Occurrence and First Molecular Characterization of Cryptosporidium felis in a Cat in Turkey
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Tarih
2020
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Yayıncı
KAFKAS UNIV, VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Cryptosporidium species are highly prevalent and significant zoonotic protozoan parasites that cause severe diarrhea in many hosts. To date, cryptosporidiosis has been molecularly reported from humans and different animal hosts in Turkey. The aim of this case report is to reveal the molecular characterization based on small subunit (SSU) rRNA gene sequence of Cryptosporidium oocysts that were microscopically found in a three-month age female cat with severe diarrhea. SSU rRNA gene of Cryptosporidium was amplified for sequence and phylogenetic analyses. According to sequence analysis, Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts were characterized as C. felis (isolate name: ANK_1; accession number: MN394123). ANK_1 isolate showed a range from 99.1% to 100% identity with the most of C. felis sequences available in GenBank. However, it also exhibited high genetic distance (1.5-4.3%) with some of C. felis sequences. The intraspecific genetic differences among all SSU rRNA sequences of C. felis isolates included in the data set were determined ranged from 0.0% to 6.9%. As a conclusion, we provided the first microscopic and molecular evidence of the occurrence of C. felis in a house cat in Turkey. Although C. felis has a relatively low zoonotic risk to public health when compared with C. parvum, infected cats should not be neglected for zoonotic transmission due to close relationships between cats and humans.
Açıklama
Sursal Simsek, Neslihan/0000-0002-4144-9520
Anahtar Kelimeler
Cryptosporidium felis, Cat, Molecular characterization, SSU rRNA gene, Turkey
Kaynak
KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
WoS Q Değeri
Q4
Scopus Q Değeri
Q3
Cilt
26
Sayı
6
Künye
Sursal N, Simsek E, Yildiz K: Occurrence and first molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium felis in a cat in Turkey. Kafkas Univ Vet Fak Derg, 26
(6): 833-837, 2020.
