title: [Procedures for species identification of the nematodes belonging to Dirofilaria genus present in the clinical material isolated from humans].
abstract: Procedures for DNA extraction and amplification were modified to allow identification of Dirofilaria nematodes surgically removed from human tissues. Worm samples stored in: ethanol (24 weeks), formalin (46 weeks) or paraffin blocks (25weeks) were examined. Fragments of two ribosomal DNA regions (5.8S-ITS2-28S, 5SrRNA) and mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene were used as diagnostic markers. The highest PCR sensitivity was observed for DNA obtained from the worm preserved in ethanol, while the nucleic acid extracted form the parasite stored in formalin yielded the lowest PCR sensitivity. DNA extraction from the parasite preserved in formalin was more time consuming than DNA extraction from the remaining samples. Furthermore, the amplification of DNA isolated from the formaldehyde preserved worm allowed for identification of the parasite species only when the mitochondrial marker was used in Real Time PCR, and the amount of the obtained product was close to the detection limit. Species identification of the worms stored in the paraffin block and in ethanol was possible with both traditional and Real Time PCR. All analyzed worms were identified as D. repens which confirmed the species identification based on morphological features. The results show that molecular methods are relatively simple to use and suitable for identification ofDirofilaria sp. nematodes present in clinical material. Formalin is not suitable for storing material intended for molecular tests.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Parazytologii Lekarskiej NIZP-PZH.
authors.forename: Aleksander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Masny
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zarnowska-Prymek
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cielecka
authors.forename: Ruslan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salamatin
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gołab
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004182:Dirofilaria / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D018509:DNA, Helminth