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Volume 28, Number 11—November 2022
Dispatch

Molecular Detection of Haplorchis pumilio Eggs in Schoolchildren, Kome Island, Lake Victoria, Tanzania

Hyejoo Shin1, Bong-Kwang Jung1, Seungwan Ryoo, Sooji Hong, Heonwoo Jeong, Hoo-Gn Jeoung, Sunhye Kim, Sun Kim, Min-Jae Kim, Hansol Park, Keeseon S. Eom, Godfrey M. Kaatano, and Jong-Yil ChaiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Korea Association of Health Promotion, Seoul, South Korea (H. Shin, B.-K. Jung, S. Ryoo, S. Hong, H. Jeong, H.-G. Jeoung); Good Neighbors International, Seoul (Sunhye Kim, Sun Kim); Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul (M.-J. Kim); Parasite Resource Bank, Chungbuk National University School of Medicine, Cheongju, South Korea (H. Park, K.-S. Eom); National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania (G.M. Kaatano); Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul (J.-Y. Chai)

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Table 2

Sequence comparison of samples from study of Haplorchis pumilio eggs in schoolchildren, Kome Island, Lake Victoria, Tanzania, with other heterophyid and opisthorchiid flukes in GenBank based on 18S and 28S rDNA genes

18S rDNA % Identity 28S rDNA % Identity
Among study samples (Haplorchis pumilio), n = 4 100 Among study samples (H. pumilio), n = 3 100
H. pumilio (AY245706, Israel) 100 Haplorchis pumilio (MN745941, Kenya) 100
H. pumilio (HM004196, Thailand) 100 Haplorchis pumilio (MT840091, Brazil) 99.1
Haplorchis yokogawai (HM004208, Thailand) 98.9 Haplorchis yokogawai (HM004192, Thailand) 95.8
Metagonimus yokogawai (HQ832632, Japan) 97.2 Haplorchis taichui (OM956185, Vietnam) 93.7
Metagonimus takahashii (HQ832629, Japan) 97.2 Metagonimus miyatai (HQ832633, Japan) 91.4
Pygidiopsis genata (AY245710, Israel) 96.3 Metagonimus yokogawai (HQ832639, Japan) 91.4
Clonorchis sinensis (JF314770, China) 96.3 Metagonimus takahashii (HQ832636, Japan) 91.0
Opisthorchis viverrine (HM004211, Thailand) 96.3 Heterophyes heterophyes (KU559554, Italy) 86.9
Centrocestus formosanus (HQ874608, Thailand) 95.4 Clonorchis sinensis (JF823989, Vietnam) 89.3
Pygidiopsis summa (JQ955649, Korea) 95.2 Opisthorchis viverrine (HM004188, Thailand) 88.3
Haplorchis taichui (AY245705, Japan) 95.0 Centrocestus formosanus (HQ874609, Thailand) 88.2

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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