Multi-locus sequence typing confirms the clonality of Trichomonas gallinaeisolates circulating in European finches
SUMMARY In recent years, Trichomonas gallinae emerged as the causative agent of an infectious disease of passerine birds in Europe leading to epidemic mortality of especially greenfinches Chloris chloris and chaffinches Fringilla coelebs . After the appearance of finch trichomonosis in the UK and Fe...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0031182013002023 2024-06-16T07:39:52+00:00 Multi-locus sequence typing confirms the clonality of Trichomonas gallinaeisolates circulating in European finches GANAS, PETRA JASKULSKA, BARBARA LAWSON, BECKI ZADRAVEC, MARKO HESS, MICHAEL BILIC, IVANA 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182013002023 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0031182013002023 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Parasitology volume 141, issue 5, page 652-661 ISSN 0031-1820 1469-8161 journal-article 2013 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182013002023 2024-05-22T12:55:56Z SUMMARY In recent years, Trichomonas gallinae emerged as the causative agent of an infectious disease of passerine birds in Europe leading to epidemic mortality of especially greenfinches Chloris chloris and chaffinches Fringilla coelebs . After the appearance of finch trichomonosis in the UK and Fennoscandia, the disease spread to Central Europe. Finch trichomonosis first reached Austria and Slovenia in 2012. In the present study the genetic heterogeneity of T. gallinae isolates from incidents in Austria and Slovenia were investigated and compared with British isolates. For this purpose comparative sequence analyses of the four genomic loci ITS1-5.8S-ITS2, 18S rRNA, rpb1 and Fe-hydrogenase were performed. The results corroborate that one clonal T. gallinae strain caused the emerging infectious disease within passerine birds and that the disease is continuing to spread in Europe. The same clonal strain was also found in a columbid bird from Austria. Additionally, the present study demonstrates clearly the importance of multi-locus sequence typing for discrimination of circulating T. gallinae strains. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandia Cambridge University Press Finch ENVELOPE(167.383,167.383,-72.567,-72.567) Parasitology 141 5 652 661 |
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SUMMARY In recent years, Trichomonas gallinae emerged as the causative agent of an infectious disease of passerine birds in Europe leading to epidemic mortality of especially greenfinches Chloris chloris and chaffinches Fringilla coelebs . After the appearance of finch trichomonosis in the UK and Fennoscandia, the disease spread to Central Europe. Finch trichomonosis first reached Austria and Slovenia in 2012. In the present study the genetic heterogeneity of T. gallinae isolates from incidents in Austria and Slovenia were investigated and compared with British isolates. For this purpose comparative sequence analyses of the four genomic loci ITS1-5.8S-ITS2, 18S rRNA, rpb1 and Fe-hydrogenase were performed. The results corroborate that one clonal T. gallinae strain caused the emerging infectious disease within passerine birds and that the disease is continuing to spread in Europe. The same clonal strain was also found in a columbid bird from Austria. Additionally, the present study demonstrates clearly the importance of multi-locus sequence typing for discrimination of circulating T. gallinae strains. |
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GANAS, PETRA JASKULSKA, BARBARA LAWSON, BECKI ZADRAVEC, MARKO HESS, MICHAEL BILIC, IVANA Multi-locus sequence typing confirms the clonality of Trichomonas gallinaeisolates circulating in European finches |
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GANAS, PETRA JASKULSKA, BARBARA LAWSON, BECKI ZADRAVEC, MARKO HESS, MICHAEL BILIC, IVANA |
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Multi-locus sequence typing confirms the clonality of Trichomonas gallinaeisolates circulating in European finches |
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Multi-locus sequence typing confirms the clonality of Trichomonas gallinaeisolates circulating in European finches |
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Multi-locus sequence typing confirms the clonality of Trichomonas gallinaeisolates circulating in European finches |
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Multi-locus sequence typing confirms the clonality of Trichomonas gallinaeisolates circulating in European finches |
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Multi-locus sequence typing confirms the clonality of Trichomonas gallinaeisolates circulating in European finches |
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multi-locus sequence typing confirms the clonality of trichomonas gallinaeisolates circulating in european finches |
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