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Molecular Detection of Taeniid Eggs in Beetles Collected in an Area Endemic for Taenia solium
Ana Vargas-Calla
Ana Vargas-Calla
School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru;
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Luis A. Gomez-Puerta
Luis A. Gomez-Puerta
School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru;
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Monica J. Pajuelo
Monica J. Pajuelo
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru;
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Hector H. Garcia
Hector H. Garcia
Department of Microbiology and Center for Global Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru;
Cysticercosis Unit, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas, Lima, Peru
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Cysticercosis Unit, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas, Lima, Peru
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Armando E. Gonzalez
Armando E. Gonzalez
School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru;
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for the Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru
for the Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru
School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru;
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru;
Department of Microbiology and Center for Global Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru;
Cysticercosis Unit, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas, Lima, Peru
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Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru;
Department of Microbiology and Center for Global Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru;
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The aim of this study was to demonstrate the presence of Taenia solium eggs in beetles collected from sources within the natural environment through molecular techniques. Fifty-four pools of beetles were collected in three villages in Piura, Peru. DNA was extracted using the FastDNA spin kit for soil. Molecular identification of Taenia species was then performed through partial amplification of the mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase subunit I gene. Finally, positive samples were sequenced to determine the tapeworm species. Seven positive samples were obtained through polymerase chain reaction amplification. Sequencing confirmed that two samples were from T. solium and three samples were from Taenia hydatigena. The other two samples could not be specifically identified. Our findings demonstrate that dung beetles ingest T. solium and T. hydatigena eggs under natural conditions and suggest that beetles may play a role in the dynamics of transmission of these cestodes.
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Authors’ addresses: Ana Vargas-Calla, Luis A. Gomez-Puerta, and Armando E. Gonzalez, School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru, E-mails: anavargascalla@outlook.com, lucho92@yahoo.com, and agonza41@jhu.edu. Monica J. Pajuelo, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, E-mail: mjpajuelo@gmail.com. Hector H. Garcia, Department of Microbiology and Center for Global Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, and Cysticercosis Unit, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas, Lima, Peru, E-mail: hgarcia1@jhu.edu.
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1.
Silverman PH, Griffiths RB, 1955. A review of methods of sewage disposal in Great Britain, with special reference to the epizootiology of Cysticercus bovis. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 49: 436–450.
-
2.
Gladkov GN, 1969. Wild birds as possible vectors of Taenia saginata oncospheres. Problemy Parazitologii 1: 69.
-
3.
Gonzalez AE et al. 2006. Transmission dynamics of Taenia solium and potential for pig-to-pig transmission. Parasitol Int 55 (Suppl): S131–S135.
-
4.
Miller A, 1954. Dung beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) and other insects in relation to human feces in a hookworm area of southern Georgia. Am J Trop Med Hyg 3: 372–389.
-
5.
Lawson JR, Gemmell MA, 1985. The potential role of blowflies in the transmission of taeniid tapeworm eggs. Parasitology 91: 129–143.
-
6.
Lonc E, 1980. The possible role of the soil fauna in the epizootiology of cysticercosis in cattle. I. Earthworms–the biotic factor in a transmission of Taenia saginata eggs. Angew Parasitol 21: 133–139.
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7.
Prokopic J, Bily S, 1981. Coleoptera as Intermediate Hosts of Helminths. Praha, Czech Republic: Ceskoslovenska Akademie Ved.
-
8.
Bily S, Sterba J, Dykova I, 1978. Results of an artificial feeding of eggs of Taenia saginata Goeze, 1782 to various beetle species. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 25: 257–260.
-
9.
Prokopic J, Minar J, 1980. Dermestes maculatus de Geer, 1774 (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) as potential distributor of Taenia saginata Goeze, 1782 eggs. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 27: 37–38.
-
10.
Mutinga MJ, Madel G, 1981. The role of coprophagous beetles in the dissemination of teniasis of taeniasis in Kenya. Int J Trop Insect 1: 379–382.
-
11.
Gomez-Puerta LA, Lopez-Urbina MT, Garcia HH, Gonzalez AE, 2014. Longevity and viability of Taenia solium eggs in the digestive system of the beetle Ammophorus rubripes. Rev Bras Parasitol Vet 23: 94–97.
-
12.
Fincher GT, Stewart TB, Davis R, 1969. Beetle intermediate hosts for swine spirurids in southern Georgia. J Parasitol 55: 355–358.
-
13.
Arriola CS, Gonzalez AE, Gomez-Puerta LA, Lopez-Urbina MT, Garcia HH, Gilman RH, 2014. New insights in cysticercosis transmission. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 8: e3247.
-
14.
Bowles J, McManus DP, 1994. Genetic characterization of the Asian Taenia, a newly described taeniid cestode of humans. Am J Trop Med Hyg 50: 33–44.
-
15.
Fincher GT, Stewart TB, Davis R, 1970. Attraction of coprophagous beetles to feces of various animals. J Parasitol 56: 378–383.
-
16.
Gomez-Puerta LA, Garcia HH, Gonzalez AE; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru, 2018. Experimental porcine cysticercosis using infected beetles with Taenia solium eggs. Acta Trop 183: 92–94.
-
17.
Jayashi CM, Arroyo G, Lightowlers MW, Garcia HH, Rodriguez S, Gonzalez AE, 2012. Seroprevalence and risk factors for Taenia solium cysticercosis in rural pigs of northern Peru. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 6: e1733.
-
18.
Gomez-Puerta LA, Gonzalez AE, Gavidia C, Ayvar V, Garcia HH, Lopez-Urbina MT, 2015. Oxfendazole as successful treatment of Taenia hydatigena metacestodes in naturally infected pigs. Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 5: 971–973.
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19.
Ito A, Yanagida T, Nakao M, 2016. Recent advances and perspectives in molecular epidemiology of Taenia solium cysticercosis. Infect Genet Evol 40: 357–367.
-
20.
Muro C et al. 2017. Porcine cysticercosis: possible cross-reactivity of Taenia hydatigena to GP50 antigen in the enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot assay. Am J Trop Med Hyg 97: 1830–1832.
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