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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-15
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We detected and cultivated isolates of Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) theileri from cattle and water buffaloes in São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil, which were characterized by comparing morphological, growth and molecular features. Although isolates from cattle and water buffalo were morphologically indistinguishable, they differed in their growth characteristics. A dendrogram based on randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) patterns indicated close-genetic relationships among all isolates from both species, which were all tightly clustered together and distant from Megatrypanum species from wild mammals. In addition, isolates within the T. theileri-cluster were clearly segregated into two host-associated groups. The sequence of a synapomorphic RAPD-derived DNA fragment (Tth625), which was shared by all T. theileri trypanosomes from cattle and buffalo but not detected in any of 13 other trypanosome species, was used as target for a conventional T. theileri-specific PCR assay. We also defined RAPD fragments (Tthc606 and Tthb606) that distinguished cattle from buffalo isolates. Thus, distinct growth features and genetic variability distinguished between isolates from cattle and water buffaloes of the same geographic origin, suggesting an association of these isolates with their host species. The trypanosomes from water buffalo reported here are the first T. theileri-like isolates from the Asiatic buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) to be continuously cultured and compared with cattle isolates using biological and molecular methods.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0304-4017
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
116
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
185-207
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14559162-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14559162-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:14559162-Blotting, Southern, pubmed-meshheading:14559162-Brazil, pubmed-meshheading:14559162-Buffaloes, pubmed-meshheading:14559162-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:14559162-DNA, Protozoan, pubmed-meshheading:14559162-Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field, pubmed-meshheading:14559162-Female, pubmed-meshheading:14559162-Genetic Variation, pubmed-meshheading:14559162-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14559162-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:14559162-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:14559162-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:14559162-Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique, pubmed-meshheading:14559162-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:14559162-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:14559162-Trypanosoma, pubmed-meshheading:14559162-Trypanosomiasis, Bovine
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Brazilian isolates of Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) theileri: diagnosis and differentiation of isolates from cattle and water buffalo based on biological characteristics and randomly amplified DNA sequences.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Av Prof Lineu Prestes 1374, 05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't