Morphological and molecular identification of Toxocara isolated from road-killed golden jackals in Northern Iran
Considering the almost high prevalence of T. canis in golden jackals and its critical role in human toxocariasis, the identification of parasite species by molecular methods can be used to plan prevention and control programs in human and animal communities. Since, the ITS sequences of T. canis isolated from jackals in Iran were utterly similar to the ITS sequences of T. canis isolated from other hosts from different areas of the world, it is hypothesized that the type of host and geographical region do not affect the genetic diversity of the ITS region sequences of T. canis.
Authors
- Mehdi Soufi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2532-8155)
- Meysam Sharifdini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2686-7748)
- Amir Masoud Salemi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8102-8376)
- Mohammad Saleh Bahreini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9638-2522)
- S. M. H. Andrabi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8262-3866)
- Fattaneh Mikaeili (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6006-5485)
- Amirhosain Roohi Koshalshah
Institutions
- Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Guilan University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Veterinary Research
- Published
- 2025-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-024-04315-1
- Primary Topic
- Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Shiraz University of Medical Sciences