DNA based Survey of Protozoan Parasites in some common herpatofauna of Amravati-Maharashtra (India)

Authors

  • Baig Rakshanda Nahid Department of Zoology, Vidhaya Bharti College, Camp Amravati- (M.S)-India
  • Baig Rakshanda Nahid Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, Govt. Vidarbha Institute of Science and Humanities, Amravati. (M.S)- India

Keywords:

Apicomplexan, Hepatozoon, herpatofauna, 18S rRNA

Abstract

The study of parasite diversity not only helps to estimate the diversity of organisms but also help to address question related to host specificity and coevolution. Hepatozoonosis, is an enzootic disease caused by several species of Hepatozoon, a genus in the phylum Apicomplexa. Hepatozoon infect wide variety of domestic and wild animals. The present pilot study was aimed to screen the common herpatofauna namely garden and wall lizard for the presence of Hepatozoon species using DNA based markers specific for 18S rRNA region. The findings of this study confirms the occurrence of Hepatozoon in garden and wall lizard using HepF300 and HepR900 primers targeted for ~800 bp of 18S rRNA gene. The study also highlights the need to screen more taxa for the occurrence of this parasite in both domestic and wild species to understand parasetemia caused by Apicomplexan species.

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2014-06-30

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Baig Rakshanda Nahid, & Baig Rakshanda Nahid. (2014). DNA based Survey of Protozoan Parasites in some common herpatofauna of Amravati-Maharashtra (India). International Journal of Life Sciences, 2(2), 124–126. Retrieved from https://ijlsci.in/ls/index.php/home/article/view/1137

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2014): International Journal of Life Sciences

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