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Molecular Characterization Of Histomonas Meleagridis In Clinical Samples Of Chickens From Eastern China, Jinjun Xu, Chanbao Qu, Pin Guo, Zhennan Zhuo, Dandan Liu, Jianping Tao

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Histomonas meleagridis (H. meleagridis) is a protozoan parasite that may cause histomoniasis, a disease of special importance to the poultry industry and public health. The molecular characterization of H. meleagridis in China has not been established. The 5.8S and flanking ITS regions were amplified by polymerase chain reaction from 15 liver samples of chickens which were preliminarily diagnosed with H. meleagridis infection by observing clinical symptoms and macroscopic changes in the organs in Eastern China between 2012 and 2013. The obtained sequences were aligned and compared with other known sequences of H. meleagridis and related protozoan species based on ITS1-5.8S …