ParasitologyPub Date : 2025-04-28DOI: 10.1017/S0031182025000587
Magdaléna Kulich Fialová, Anna Kapustová, Ivan Čepička, Milena Svobodová
{"title":"<i>Trypanosoma tertium</i> n. sp.: prevalences in natural hosts and development in the mosquito vector.","authors":"Magdaléna Kulich Fialová, Anna Kapustová, Ivan Čepička, Milena Svobodová","doi":"10.1017/S0031182025000587","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182025000587","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Avian trypanosomes (Trypanosoma, Kinetoplastea) are successful blood parasites occurring worldwide. These parasites are usually non-pathogenic to their avian hosts, thus neglected in studies regarding their life cycles and vectors. Several families of blood-sucking dipteran insects, including mosquitoes, have been identified as vectors of avian trypanosomes. Mosquitoes have been experimentally confirmed as vectors of <i>Trypanosoma culicavium</i> and <i>Trypanosoma thomasbancrofti</i>. In this study, we describe a third species of avian trypanosomes occurring in mosquitoes, designated as <i>Trypanosoma tertium</i> n. sp. This species can be distinguished from related trypanosome species based on morphology and small subunit rRNA gene sequence. Two isolates of <i>T. tertium</i> n. sp. obtained from a mosquito and a bird host were able to infect two subspecies of laboratory <i>Culex pipiens</i> mosquitoes, with infection rates reaching 60% and heavy infections in 90% of positive females. In infected mosquitoes, trypanosomes occurred as long epimastigotes in the midgut and short epimastigotes and rosettes in the hindgut. Putative infectious stages were detected in the diuretic liquid of infected mosquitoes, suggesting, besides transmission through ingestion of the infected vector, a possible transconjunctival infection. Among wild mosquitoes, avian trypanosomes were detected exclusively in <i>Cx. pipiens</i> with 3.3% total prevalence, while <i>T. tertium</i> n. sp. prevalence was only 0.08% among 1128 dissected <i>Cx. pipiens</i> individuals. In birds, <i>T. tertium</i> n. sp. was detected in 8 species within which the prevalence was 1.3% (686 birds), while it was 0.3% in total (3084 birds). We discuss the relationship of the newly described <i>T. tertium</i> n. sp. with other mosquito-transmitted trypanosomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":19967,"journal":{"name":"Parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143993265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ParasitologyPub Date : 2025-04-24DOI: 10.1017/S0031182025000563
Bárbara Betina Hartmann, Ezequiel Andres Vanderhoeven, Dante Luis Di Nucci, Agustín Solari, Juliana Notarnicola
{"title":"Helminths assemblage in two opossum's species, <i>Didelphis albiventris</i> and <i>Didelphis aurita</i> (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia), from the Atlantic Forest of Argentina.","authors":"Bárbara Betina Hartmann, Ezequiel Andres Vanderhoeven, Dante Luis Di Nucci, Agustín Solari, Juliana Notarnicola","doi":"10.1017/S0031182025000563","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0031182025000563","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the Argentinian Atlantic Forest (AAF) of Misiones, opossums comprise 13% of the wild mammalian diversity. The white-eared opossum, <i>Didelphis albiventris</i>, and the southern black-eared opossum, <i>D. aurita</i> are sympatric marsupials, and the most frequent mammals in the northern Misiones. In this study, we describe the helminth assemblages from both <i>D. albiventris</i> and <i>D. aurita</i> in the northern AAF. We found a total of 15 species of helminths: 2 trematodes, 1 cestode, 11 nematodes and 1 acanthocephalan. The specific richness in <i>D. albiventris</i> was 12, while in <i>D. aurita</i> was it 13. Both opossum's species share 10 helminth species; <i>D. albiventris</i> presented <i>Capillaria</i> sp. 2 and <i>Globocephalus marsupials</i>, absent in <i>D. aurita</i>; while <i>D. aurita</i> presented <i>Trichuris didelphis, Capillaria</i> sp. 1, and <i>Travassostrongylus orloffi</i>, absent in <i>D. albiventris. Cruzia tentaculata</i> registered the highest prevalence in both opossum species. Seven out of the 12 helminth species identified in <i>D. albiventri</i>s have an indirect life cycle. Similarly, in <i>D. aurita</i>, 5 out of 13 helminth species exhibit an indirect life cycle. This suggests that nearly half of the assemblage of helminth in both opossum species need an intermediate host acquired through the diet. We also present new records for Argentina including <i>Trichuris minuta, G. marsupialis, Viannaia viannai, T. orloffi</i> and <i>T. callis</i>. This is the first time the helminth assemblage has been described for <i>D. aurita</i> in Argentina.</p>","PeriodicalId":19967,"journal":{"name":"Parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144007434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ParasitologyPub Date : 2025-04-22DOI: 10.1017/S0031182025000526
Denise Wawman, Ben P Jones, Steven R Fiddaman, Jane E Turner, Nicholas Johnson, Adrian L Smith
{"title":"A first report of the detection of <i>Avipoxvirus</i> genomic sequences in louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae).","authors":"Denise Wawman, Ben P Jones, Steven R Fiddaman, Jane E Turner, Nicholas Johnson, Adrian L Smith","doi":"10.1017/S0031182025000526","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0031182025000526","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Hippoboscidae are ectoparasites of birds and mammals, which, as a group, are known to vector multiple diseases. <i>Avipoxvirus</i> (APV) is mechanically vectored by various arthropods and causes seasonal disease in wild birds in the United Kingdom (UK). Signs of APV and the presence of louse flies (Hippoboscidae) on Dunnocks <i>Prunella modularis</i> were recorded over a 16·5-year period in a rural garden in Somerset, UK. Louse flies collected from this site and other sites in England were tested for the presence of APV DNA and RNA sequences. Louse flies on Dunnocks were seen to peak seasonally three weeks prior to the peak of APV lesions, an interval consistent with the previously estimated incubation period of APV in Dunnocks. APV DNA was detected on 13/25 louse flies, <i>Ornithomya avicularia</i> and <i>Ornithomya fringillina</i>, taken from Dunnocks, both with and without lesions consistent with APV, at multiple sites in England. Collectively these data support the premise that louse flies may vector APV. The detection of APV in louse flies, from apparently healthy birds, and from sites where disease has not been observed in any host species, suggests that the Hippoboscidae could provide a non-invasive and relatively cheap method of monitoring avian diseases. This could provide advanced warnings of disease, including zoonoses, before they become clinically apparent.</p>","PeriodicalId":19967,"journal":{"name":"Parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143974972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ParasitologyPub Date : 2025-04-21DOI: 10.1017/S0031182025000575
Clara Castex, Antoine Perrin, Laura Clément, Pierre Perréaz, Jérôme Goudet, Philippe Christe
{"title":"Genetic characterization of the bat and human lineages of the common bed bug (<i>Cimex lectularius</i>) at a local scale.","authors":"Clara Castex, Antoine Perrin, Laura Clément, Pierre Perréaz, Jérôme Goudet, Philippe Christe","doi":"10.1017/S0031182025000575","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182025000575","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>After its near eradication in the 1940s, the common bed bug (<i>Cimex lectularius</i>) experienced a global resurgence. Within a few years after, some populations displayed insecticide resistance. Two distinct lineages of bed bugs were identified, each associated with humans and bats, respectively. A strong genetic differentiation was identified between bugs from human and bat sites across Europe. This raises the question of whether the same pattern is found at a local scale. Moreover, because long-distance dispersal of bed bugs is essentially human-mediated, we investigated the spread of bed bugs within and among sites. Using mitochondrial (cytochrome oxidase unit I (COI) and 16S rRNA genes) and nuclear (10 microsatellite loci) markers, we compared the genetic composition of human- and bat-associated bed bugs from western Switzerland. We first conducted a median-joining analysis and compared it to European sequences to detect local-scale host-specific separation of haplotypes. We estimated levels of genetic diversity and structure between and within the two host-associated bed bugs. Our results reveal two genetic clusters associated with bats and humans and a strong structure among human sites (<i>F</i><sub>SC</sub> = 0·579). An analysis of knock-down insecticide resistance gene variants (V419L, L925I, I936F) shows that bed bugs infecting humans in western Switzerland carry insecticide resistance (99%) whereas bed bugs infecting bats do not (0%). Our results show that at the scale of western Switzerland, bed bugs are structured by host association, thus supporting the hypothesis of host specialization in the common bed bugs. Moreover, human-associated bugs might have settled from multiple colonization events and/or undergone bottlenecks.</p>","PeriodicalId":19967,"journal":{"name":"Parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143977463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ParasitologyPub Date : 2025-04-16DOI: 10.1017/S003118202500054X
Tiana L Sanders, Caroline Sobotyk, Pablo D Jimenez Castro, Amira Abdu, Jennifer Baade, Mindy Borst, Sriveny Dangoudoubiyam, Brooke A Delcambre, Jeff M Gruntmeir, Alice Lee, Christian Leutenegger, Cecilia Lozoya, Gleeson Murphy, Cassan Pulaski, John Schaefer, Adriano Vatta, Heather D S Walden, Manigandan Lejeune, Guilherme G Verocai
{"title":"Molecular characterization of <i>Spirometra</i> isolates across the USA.","authors":"Tiana L Sanders, Caroline Sobotyk, Pablo D Jimenez Castro, Amira Abdu, Jennifer Baade, Mindy Borst, Sriveny Dangoudoubiyam, Brooke A Delcambre, Jeff M Gruntmeir, Alice Lee, Christian Leutenegger, Cecilia Lozoya, Gleeson Murphy, Cassan Pulaski, John Schaefer, Adriano Vatta, Heather D S Walden, Manigandan Lejeune, Guilherme G Verocai","doi":"10.1017/S003118202500054X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S003118202500054X","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Spirometra</i> is a genus of zoonotic cestodes with an ambiguous species-level taxonomic history. Previously, <i>Spirometra mansonoides</i> was considered the only species present in North America. However, recent molecular data revealed the presence of at least three distinct species in the USA: <i>Spirometra</i> sp. 2 and 3, and <i>Spirometra mansoni</i>. This study aimed to elucidate the diversity and potential host associations of <i>Spirometra</i> species among companion animals in the USA. Samples (<i>N</i> = 302) were examined from at least 13 host species, including mammals, amphibians and reptiles. Sample types included eggs isolated from faeces (<i>n</i> = 222), adult specimens (<i>n</i> = 71) and plerocercoids (<i>n</i> = 9) from 18 different states and 2 territories across the USA. Extracted genomic DNA was subjected to PCR targeting a fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) gene. Generated sequences (<i>n</i> = 136) were included in a phylogenetic analysis. <i>Spirometra mansoni</i> was detected in domestic cats (<i>n</i> = 76), dogs (<i>n</i> = 12), a White's tree frog (<i>n</i> = 1), a Cuban knight anole (<i>n</i> = 1), a green iguana (<i>n</i> = 1) and a serval (<i>n</i> = 1) across 15 states and Puerto Rico. <i>Spirometra</i> sp. 2 was found only in dogs (<i>n</i> = 3) from Florida and <i>Spirometra</i> sp. 3 was found only in cats (<i>n</i> = 41) from 17 states. All plerocercoid samples were consistent with <i>S. mansoni</i>. The results confirm that at least three distinct <i>Spirometra</i> species are present and established in companion animals, such as dogs and cats, and likely are using various native and exotic species as paratenic hosts within the USA.</p>","PeriodicalId":19967,"journal":{"name":"Parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144036726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ParasitologyPub Date : 2025-04-16DOI: 10.1017/S0031182025000289
Rachael Lima Sobreira Coimbra, Gdayllon Cavalcante Meneses, Rosângela Lima de Freitas Galvão, Marta Cristhiany Cunha Pinheiro, Luciana Maria de Oliveira, Nicole Coelho Lope, Bruna Viana Barroso Martins, Letícia Machado de Araújo, Rebeca Yasmin Ribeiro Vieira, Reinaldo Barreto Oriá, Alice Maria Costa Martins, Elizabeth de Francesco Daher, Ângela Maria da Silva, Fernando Schemelzer de Moraes Bezerra
{"title":"Angiopoietins as biomarkers of schistosomiasis severity: a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Rachael Lima Sobreira Coimbra, Gdayllon Cavalcante Meneses, Rosângela Lima de Freitas Galvão, Marta Cristhiany Cunha Pinheiro, Luciana Maria de Oliveira, Nicole Coelho Lope, Bruna Viana Barroso Martins, Letícia Machado de Araújo, Rebeca Yasmin Ribeiro Vieira, Reinaldo Barreto Oriá, Alice Maria Costa Martins, Elizabeth de Francesco Daher, Ângela Maria da Silva, Fernando Schemelzer de Moraes Bezerra","doi":"10.1017/S0031182025000289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182025000289","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease caused by <i>Schistosoma</i> species, remains highly prevalent in tropical regions, where it contributes significantly to hepatic and vascular complications. Despite the well-established role of parasitic eggs in driving inflammation and organ damage, the specific vascular mechanisms remain poorly understood. Given the role of angiogenesis and vascular remodelling in tissue repair, the angiopoietins (ANGs) could be promising biomarkers to evaluate disease progression. This study aims to explore the relationship between ANG levels with parasitic load in patients with schistosomiasis. In this cross-sectional study, 126 schistosomiasis patients were stratified into three groups based on parasitic egg burden: negative, low, and moderate/high. Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data were collected, and serum ANGs were quantified via enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Parasitic load was assessed through stool examination, quantifying the number of <i>Schistosoma</i> eggs per gram of faeces. Additional clinical parameters, including liver abnormalities and blood chemistry, were evaluated. The ANG-2 levels and the ANG-2/ANG-1 ratio were significantly elevated in patients with higher egg burdens, particularly in the moderate/high group. The ANG-2/ANG-1 ratio was notably higher in patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis. While systemic blood pressure and oxygen saturation showed no significant differences between groups, patients with elevated triglycerides had lower ANG-2 levels. Elevated ANG-2 levels and an increased ANG-2/ANG-1 ratio correlate with higher parasitic burdens, reinforcing their potential as biomarkers for disease severity. These findings underscore the role of egg-induced inflammation in schistosomiasis pathophysiology and suggest that ANGs could aid in early diagnosis and treatment decisions, particularly in populations with high parasitic loads.</p>","PeriodicalId":19967,"journal":{"name":"Parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144026510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ParasitologyPub Date : 2025-04-14DOI: 10.1017/S0031182025000538
Alexandre Lazoski Bastilho, Ramayana M M Brito, José L Andrade, José Bryan da Rocha Rihs, Isabela de Brito Duval, Marcelo Eduardo Cardozo, Ana Rafaela Antunes Porto, Luisa Braga do Amaral, Jorge Lucas Nascimento Souza, Geovanni Dantas Cassali, Brena K C Melo, Jully Anne B Lemos, Rômulo S Cavalcante, Lilian Bueno, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara, Janeusa T Souto, Luisa M D Magalhães, Valter Ferreira Andrade-Neto
{"title":"<i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> non-archetypal strain induces lung inflammation during acute and early chronic infection in mice.","authors":"Alexandre Lazoski Bastilho, Ramayana M M Brito, José L Andrade, José Bryan da Rocha Rihs, Isabela de Brito Duval, Marcelo Eduardo Cardozo, Ana Rafaela Antunes Porto, Luisa Braga do Amaral, Jorge Lucas Nascimento Souza, Geovanni Dantas Cassali, Brena K C Melo, Jully Anne B Lemos, Rômulo S Cavalcante, Lilian Bueno, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara, Janeusa T Souto, Luisa M D Magalhães, Valter Ferreira Andrade-Neto","doi":"10.1017/S0031182025000538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182025000538","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> non-archetypal strains have distinct virulence profiles and immunological activation in the host when compared with archetypal strains. The present work aims to perform an analysis of the inflammatory profile during acute and early chronic infection by <i>T. gondii</i> atypical strain in an experimental murine model. After euthanasia, blood was collected for the quantification of specific IgG antibodies and their subtypes (IgG1/IgG3) by ELISA; bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) was realized and immunophenotyping of lymphocytes population was performed at 12- and 30-days post infection (dpi); the levels of IFN-γ, IL-12, IL-10, TNF-α, IL-6, IL-17, nitric oxide and total proteins were determined in the BAL supernatant. Tissue cyst burden was determined in the brain homogenate, and the parasite load in the lungs was assessed by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Infection with the CK4 strain induced a lower brain cyst load similar parasite burden in the lungs, and higher levels of IgG1 and IgG3, when compared to ME49. The group infected with the CK4 strain presented higher levels of systemic IFN-γ, and both infected groups displayed similarly elevated levels of systemic TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-17 at 30 dpi, as well as higher numbers of CD4<sup>+</sup> and CD8<sup>+</sup> T lymphocytes in the acute stage of infection, followed by higher numbers of central and effector CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells. IFN-γ levels in the BAL fluid were significantly higher in animals infected with the CK4 strain in both the acute and early chronic stage of infection, highlighting the involvement of the lung environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":19967,"journal":{"name":"Parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144010873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ParasitologyPub Date : 2025-04-11DOI: 10.1017/S0031182025000186
Jitender P Dubey
{"title":"Highlights of <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> research papers published in <i>Parasitology</i> in the last 5 decades: personal perspective.","authors":"Jitender P Dubey","doi":"10.1017/S0031182025000186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182025000186","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19967,"journal":{"name":"Parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144011402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ParasitologyPub Date : 2025-04-10DOI: 10.1017/S0031182025000514
Richard S Bradbury, Ashley R Olson, Sarah Sapp, Indu S Panicker, Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko, Yvonne Qvarnstrom, Martin Antonio, Mawdo Jallow, Jennifer Danzy Cramer
{"title":"Intestinal parasite infection in non-human primates from The Gambia, West Africa, and their relationship to human activity.","authors":"Richard S Bradbury, Ashley R Olson, Sarah Sapp, Indu S Panicker, Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko, Yvonne Qvarnstrom, Martin Antonio, Mawdo Jallow, Jennifer Danzy Cramer","doi":"10.1017/S0031182025000514","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182025000514","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In many areas of The Gambia, West Africa, population crowding in a degraded environment has forced close interactions of diurnal primate species with humans. We assessed intestinal parasitic infection prevalence and diversity in 4 diurnal non-human primate (NHP) species, <i>Chlorocebus sabaeus, Erythrocebus patas, Papio papio</i> and <i>Piliocolobus badius</i> across 13 sampling sites. The effect of human activity, determined by the human activity index, and NHP group size on parasite richness was assessed using a generalized linear mixed model (GLMM). The most common protozoa identified were <i>Entamoeba coli</i> (30%) and <i>Iodamoeba buetschlii</i> (25%). The most common helminths were <i>Strongyloides fuelleborni</i> (11%), <i>Oesophagostomum</i> spp. (9%) and <i>Trichuris trichiura</i> (9%). Two of six (6%) <i>Cyclospora</i> spp. infections detected sequenced as <i>Cyclospora cercopitheci</i> (both in <i>C. sabaeus</i>). The more arboreal <i>P. badius</i> trended towards a lower prevalence of intestinal parasites, although this was not statistically significant (χ<sup>2</sup><i>P</i> = 0.105). Human activity or group size did not have any significant effect on parasite richness for <i>P. badius</i> (<i>P</i> = 0.161 and <i>P</i> = 0.603) or <i>P. papio</i> (<i>P</i> = 0.817 and <i>P</i> = 0.607, respectively). There were insufficient observations to fit a GLMM to <i>E. patas</i> or <i>C. sabaeus</i>. Our reports present the richness and diversity of intestinal parasites in 4 diurnal NHPs in The Gambia, West Africa. Despite desertification and habitat loss, our results indicate that the prevalence and diversity of intestinal parasites in Gambian NHPs are seemingly unaffected by human activity. Further investigation with a larger dataset is required to better elucidate these findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":19967,"journal":{"name":"Parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144024533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ParasitologyPub Date : 2025-04-08DOI: 10.1017/S0031182025000496
Chandra Le Roux, Courtney A Cook, Edward C Netherlands, Marliese Truter, Nico J Smit
{"title":"Molecular and morphological characterization of one known and three new species of fish parasitic <i>Trypanosoma</i> Gruby, 1972 from the south coast of South Africa.","authors":"Chandra Le Roux, Courtney A Cook, Edward C Netherlands, Marliese Truter, Nico J Smit","doi":"10.1017/S0031182025000496","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0031182025000496","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19967,"journal":{"name":"Parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143803959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}