Is the Goat a New Host for the G3 Indian Buffalo Strain of Echinococcus granulosus?

Table 3

Alignment of the variable sites in the partial cox1 mitochondrial gene of the isolates of E. granulosus sensu lato evidenced in the goats (goat 1–4) examined in Central Italy with available sequences for other genotypes deposited in GenBank (E.g1–7).

Alignment positions
		1111111	1111222222	2222222233	3333333333
	11333455	5670011244	5579123444	5556788900	0111233445
	3635369316	7685814347	3945687058	6787623703	6258169582
GOAT1	TAAAGTTGTC	GTGGTCGTGG	GGCGGAGGCG	GCTGATGGGT	GGATGTCGAT
GOAT2	……….	……….	……….	……….	……….
GOAT3	……….	……….	……….	……….	……….
GOAT4	……….	……….	……….	……….	……….
E.g1	……….	.C……..	……….	.T……..	……T..A
E.g2	………T	……….	……….	……….	……T..A
E.g3	……….	……….	……….	……….	……T..A
E.g4	.G..AG..GT	…AAT.G..	T.TATG.A.A	AAGT.G.T..	TA..T.TAGA
E.g5	.GGT..C.GT	T.AA.TT…	..TT.GA.TA	CG.TG.ATAC	.TT.TGT.GA
E.g6	..GT.G.TGT	T..A.TTAAA	.TTT.GA.TA	…TG.ATA.	..CCT.T.GA
E.g7	C.GT.G.TGT	T..A.TTAAA	.TTT.GA.TA	…TG.ATA.	..CCT.T.GA