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				Molecular characterization of 
				
				Fasciola hepatica 
				
				and phylogenetic analysis based on 
				mitochondrial (nicotiamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase 
				subunit I and cytochrome oxidase subunit I) genes from the 
				North-East of Iran - 
				
				Saber Raeghi, Ali Haghighi, Majid Fasihi Harandi, Adel Spotin, 
				Kourosh Arzamani and Soheila Rouhani 
              
              Veterinary World, 9(9): 1034-1038   
              
   
                
                
doi: 
              
				
				10.14202/vetworld.2016.1034-1038 
                
				  
				
				Saber Raeghi: 
				
				Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, 
				Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 
				saberraeghi@gmail.com 
				
				Ali Haghighi: 
				
				Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, 
				Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 
				ahaghighi110@yahoo.com 
				
				Majid Fasihi Harandi: 
				
				Research Center for Hydatid disease in Iran, School of Medicine, 
				Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; 
				majid.fasihi@gmail.com 
				
				Adel Spotin: 
				
				Department of Parasitology, Medical Faculty, Tabriz University 
				of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; adelespotin@gmail.com 
				
				Kourosh Arzamani: 
				
				Vector-borne Diseases Research Center, North Khorasan University 
				of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran; arzamanik@gmail.com 
				
				Soheila Rouhani: 
				
				Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, 
				Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 
				srouhani11@sbmu.ac.ir   
				
				Received: 03-06-2016, Accepted: 17-08-2016, Published online: 
				29-09-2016   
				
              	
              	Corresponding author: 
              	
				
				Soheila Rouhani, e-mail: srouhani11@sbmu.ac.ir 
 
              Citation: 
				
				Raeghi S, Haghighi A, Harandi MF, Spotin A, Arzamani K, Rouhani 
				S (2016) Molecular characterization of 
				
				Fasciola hepatica 
				
				and phylogenetic analysis based on mitochondrial (nicotiamide 
				adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase subunit I and cytochrome 
				oxidase subunit I) genes from North-East of Iran, 
				
				Veterinary World, 9(9): 
				1034-1038. 
 
              
				Abstract 
 
				
				
				Aim: 
				
				Fascioliasis is one of the most zoonotic diseases with global 
				extension. As the epidemiological distribution of 
				
				Fasciola 
				
				may lead to various genetic patterns of the parasite, the aim of 
				this study is to identify 
				
				Fasciola hepatica 
				
				based on spermatogenesis, and phylogenetic analysis using 
				mitochondrial (nicotiamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase 
				subunit I [ND1] and cytochrome oxidase subunit I) gene marker. 
				
				
				Materials and Methods: 
				
				In this study, 90 
				
				F. hepatica 
				
				collected from 30 cattle at slaughterhouse located in three 
				different geographical locations in the North-East of Iran were 
				evaluated based on spermatogenetic ability and internal 
				transcribed spacer 1 gene restriction fragment length 
				polymorphism pattern. Genetic diversity and phylogenetic 
				relationship using mtDNA gene marker for the isolates from the 
				North-East of Iran, and other countries were then analyzed. 
				
				
				Results: 
				
				Partial sequences of mtDNA showed eight haplotypes in both 
				genes. The phylogenic analysis using neighbor joining as well as 
				maximum likelihood methods showed similar topologies of trees. 
				Pairwise fixation index between different 
				
				F. hepatica 
				
				populations calculated from the nucleotide data set of ND1 gene 
				are statistically significant and show the genetic difference. 
				
				
				Conclusion: 
				
				F. hepatica 
				
				found in this region of Iran has different genetic structures 
				through the other 
				
				Fasciola 
				
				populations in the world. 
				
				Keywords: 
				
				Cytochrome oxidase subunit I, 
				
				Fasciola hepatica, 
				Iran, molecular characterization, nicotiamide adenine 
				dinucleotide dehydrogenase subunit I, phylogenic. 
 
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