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Taeniids, consisting of two genera  Echinococcus  and  Taenia , are obligatory tapeworms of mammals, and their pathogenicity was due to infection with larval stages. Hydatid (the larval stage of  Echinococcus granulosus ) and coenurus (the larval stage of  Taenia multiceps ) cysts are prevalent in domestic, wild ruminants, livestock, swine, and dogs, and accidentally they could also be found in humans. They lead to different clinical manifestations that cause economic loss in livestock and human morbidity. In Saudi Arabia, few studies were performed on hydatid and coenurus cyst genetic variations. The main goal of the present study was to identify  E. granulosus  and  T. multiceps  cyst isolates collected from slaughtered Harri sheep in Saudi Arabia by partial sequencing with PCR amplification of the cytochrome C oxidase 1 ( COX 1) gene. Molecular and phylogenetic evaluation based on  COX 1 sequences indicated that cyst isolates belong to  E. granulosus  and  T. multiceps , respectively, successfully submitted in NCBI Genbank. Molecular characterization showed a low nucleotide diversity with two submitted isolates of coenurus with related isolates of Genbank. Conversely,  E. granulosus  isolates showed higher nucleotide diversity. The reported data could serve as a foundation for future molecular epidemiological and biological studies.

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Molecular characterization and phylogenetic studies of  Echinococcus granulosus  and  Taenia multiceps  coenurus cysts in slaughtered sheep in Saudi Arabia