Molecular study of hydatid cysts in human, sheep and donkeys at basra city, southern iraq

Abstract

Hydatid disease or Echinoccosis is one of the serious public health problems. This study designed for molecular investigation of Hydatid cysts in different hosts animals (Sheep, donkey) and human in Basra city, as well as molecular characterization by PCR technique to determine the specific gene for human (ND1, COI, CO1), sheep (G6-7, sh4-1, COI) and donkey (COI, CO1). Then, gene sequencing to recognize the intraspecific variation of Echincoccus in relation to host. In the current study, 818 sheep were examined and the number of sheep infected with hydatid cysts was 271. Donkey samples (10) were brought to the animal field of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Basra and the number of infected with hydatid cysts was two in the period from September 2017 to March 2018. The hydatid cysts were collected from the human after surgery at Al-Sadr Teaching Hospital where 21. The results were higher in female (15) than male (6) in the same period.