Molecular study of Cysticercus tenuicollis from slaughtered sheep in Sulaymaniyah province, Iraq

Abstract

Cysticercosis caused by the larval stage of Taenia hydatigena is economically the most important endemic parasitic disease in Iraq. Few data are available relating to the genetic divergence of this helminth. This study aimed to molecularly characterise Cysticercus tenuicollis isolates from sheep in Sulaymaniyah province, Iraq.

Keywords

• sheep
• cysticercus tenuicollis
• genetic variation
• phylogeny
• iraq