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Association between infection with Toxoplasma gondii and psychiatric disorders. 刚地弓形虫感染与精神疾病的关系。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Folia Parasitologica Pub Date : 2022-04-04 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2022.008
A. Maisarah, Suharni Mohamad, Maruzairi Husain, Sarimah Abdullah, R. Noordin
{"title":"Association between infection with Toxoplasma gondii and psychiatric disorders.","authors":"A. Maisarah, Suharni Mohamad, Maruzairi Husain, Sarimah Abdullah, R. Noordin","doi":"10.14411/fp.2022.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2022.008","url":null,"abstract":"Toxoplasmosis is one of the world's most prevalent zoonoses. The causative agent, Toxoplasma gondii (Nicolle et Manceaux, 1908) is a facultative heteroxenic, polyxenic apicomplexan protist. There are several potential pathways of transmission within and between host species. Most infections with T. gondii result from close contact with pets/cats, ingestion of tissue cysts in undercooked meat of infected animals, and oocysts from food or water contaminated by feline faeces. Recently, epidemiological studies have shown that T. gondii infection plays a prominent role in the pathogenesis of several psychiatric disorders. This report reviews the association between T. gondii infection and patients with psychiatric disorders, particularly schizophrenia, depressive disorders and bipolar disorders.","PeriodicalId":55154,"journal":{"name":"Folia Parasitologica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42046576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Further data on the distribution of Dirofilaria spp. in the Czech Republic in dogs. 关于Dirofilaria spp.在捷克共和国狗中分布的进一步数据。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Folia Parasitologica Pub Date : 2022-03-31 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2022.007
J. Juránková, Barbora Šenkyříková Mitková, Marcela Novotná, L. Hofmannová, B. Červená, D. Bowman, D. Modrý
{"title":"Further data on the distribution of Dirofilaria spp. in the Czech Republic in dogs.","authors":"J. Juránková, Barbora Šenkyříková Mitková, Marcela Novotná, L. Hofmannová, B. Červená, D. Bowman, D. Modrý","doi":"10.14411/fp.2022.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2022.007","url":null,"abstract":"Based on previously published data, the Czech Republic is regarded an endemic country of the onchocercid nematodes Dirofilaria immitis (Leidy, 1856) and Dirofilaria repens Railliet et Henry, 1911. Nevertheless, while cases of D. repens are commonly reported from dogs in South Moravia, no recent records of D. immitis are available. Therefore, the present study was performed to clarify the occurrence of both species of Dirofilaria Railliet et Henry, 1910. Blood samples of 551 dogs sampled during 2015 and 2016 were analysed microscopically for presence of microfilariae and blood sera were examined by IDEXX SNAP® 4Dx® test (IDEXX, USA). DNA from blood of microscopically positive dogs was extracted and PCR protocol amplifying fragment of cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) gene was performed; PCR products were then sequenced. All dogs from the Bohemian part of the Czech Republic were negative. The prevalence of D. repens in the Moravian region was 5.7 % (27/476). BLAST analyses of obtained sequences confirmed the presence of D. repens (99-100% identical to KX265049). All sampled animals showed a negative result for D. immitis antigen in IDEXX SNAP® 4Dx® test. Our study confirmed the previously reported occurrence of D. repens in South Moravia and revealed its spreading from the epicentre to the north and west. PCR with subsequent sequencing together with negative results for D. immitis antigen in IDEXX SNAP® 4Dx® test revealed only D. repens infection. A previously published autochthonous infection of dogs with D. immitis in South Moravia was not confirmed.","PeriodicalId":55154,"journal":{"name":"Folia Parasitologica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48988447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Intraspecific morphological variation in myxosporeans: high pleomorphic myxospores in the same plasmodium of Myxobolus drjagini (Akhmerov, 1954). 黏液孢子属的种内形态变异:黏液孢子在黏液孢子属同一疟原虫中的高度多形性(Akhmerov, 1954)。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Folia Parasitologica Pub Date : 2022-02-16 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2022.006
Yang Liu, Jiayun Yao, X. Yao, Kaijie Zhang, Qing-peng Wang, Xiaoyi Pan, Jin-Yuan Zhang
{"title":"Intraspecific morphological variation in myxosporeans: high pleomorphic myxospores in the same plasmodium of Myxobolus drjagini (Akhmerov, 1954).","authors":"Yang Liu, Jiayun Yao, X. Yao, Kaijie Zhang, Qing-peng Wang, Xiaoyi Pan, Jin-Yuan Zhang","doi":"10.14411/fp.2022.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2022.006","url":null,"abstract":"The taxonomy of myxosporeans was traditionally dependent solely upon the spore morphological and morphometric data. Intensive reports of intraspecific morphological variation, however, are increasingly challenging the taxonomic approaches for myxosporeans. In the present work, the morphological pleomorphism of myxospores of Myxobolus drjagini (Akhmerov, 1954) was observed. More interestingly, all of these pleomorphic myxospores occurred in the same plasmodium of M. drjagini, which refutes the previous hypothesis that morphological variation of M. drjagini was derived from its responses to differences in nutrition and immunological responses associated with different host tissues. Bearing the intraspecific morphometric and morphotype variation in mind, the combination of morphological, ecological and molecular data should be applied to the species identification and delimitation for myxosporeans. This is the first reported myxobolid species with high pleomorphic myxospores which are present in the same plasmodium.","PeriodicalId":55154,"journal":{"name":"Folia Parasitologica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47363869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
Detection and molecular characterisation of intestinal parasites in the South China tiger Panthera tigris amoyensis (Hilzheimer). 华南虎(Panthera tigris amoyensis, Hilzheimer)肠道寄生虫的检测与分子特征分析。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Folia Parasitologica Pub Date : 2021-12-31 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2021.029
Hung-Chuan Chiu, Kewei Fan, Xiaoshuang Sun, Kaixiong Lin, Tengteng Chen, Fei Yang, Yunfei Qiu, Dongxia Wei, Cuiqin Huang
{"title":"Detection and molecular characterisation of intestinal parasites in the South China tiger Panthera tigris amoyensis (Hilzheimer).","authors":"Hung-Chuan Chiu,&nbsp;Kewei Fan,&nbsp;Xiaoshuang Sun,&nbsp;Kaixiong Lin,&nbsp;Tengteng Chen,&nbsp;Fei Yang,&nbsp;Yunfei Qiu,&nbsp;Dongxia Wei,&nbsp;Cuiqin Huang","doi":"10.14411/fp.2021.029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parasitic infections of the South China tigers in the Meihua Mountains have not been explored previously. Faeces of 22 South China tigers from the China Tiger Park in the Meihua Mountains were examined. Eggs of ascaridoid nematodes and oocysts of coccidia were detected by Mini-FLOTAC assay. Morphological observation and molecular characterisation of the oocysts were carried out. The prevalence of Toxascaris leonina (von Linstow, 1902) was 18% (4/22), and the highest egg per gram (EPG) count in the faeces was 27,150. The prevalence of Cystoisospora sp. was 45% (1 0/22) and the highest oocysts per gram (OPG) in the faeces was 6,000. In addition, we found one ascaridoid nematode in the South China tiger's faeces and was molecularly and morphologically identified as T. leonina. The oocysts in the faeces were sporulated in vitro and identified as Cystoisospora sp. Amplification of full-length internal transcribed spacers (ITS) resulted in sequences 1,622 bp long. Using the sequences, Cystoisospora sp. of the South China tiger was closest to Isospora belli (Wenyon, 1923) and Cystoisospora suis (Biester, 1934).</p>","PeriodicalId":55154,"journal":{"name":"Folia Parasitologica","volume":"68 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39654125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 2
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection from water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) in northeastern and southern Thailand. 泰国东北部和南部水牛(Bubalus bubalis)刚地弓形虫感染的血清流行率。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Folia Parasitologica Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2021.028
Tawin Inpankaew, Nguyen Thi Thuy, Burin Nimsuphan, Chanya Kengradomkij, Ketsarin Kamyingkird, Wissanuwat Chimnoi, Boy Boonaue, Xuenan Xuan
{"title":"Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection from water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) in northeastern and southern Thailand.","authors":"Tawin Inpankaew,&nbsp;Nguyen Thi Thuy,&nbsp;Burin Nimsuphan,&nbsp;Chanya Kengradomkij,&nbsp;Ketsarin Kamyingkird,&nbsp;Wissanuwat Chimnoi,&nbsp;Boy Boonaue,&nbsp;Xuenan Xuan","doi":"10.14411/fp.2021.028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.028","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease resulting from infection with the apicomplexan Toxoplasma gondii (Nicolle et Manceaux, 1908), one of the world's most common parasites in warm-blooded animals, including humans. Sources of infection can be exposed to infected cat faeces, mother-to-child transmission during pregnancy, and notably, the consumption of undercooked contaminated meat of intermediate hosts. In Thailand, water buffaloes are highly valued for rice cultivation, traditional culture and meat production. Like several other mammalian species, these animals play a role as reservoirs of T. gondii, thus representing a threat to human health. The seroprevalence of T. gondii infection in swamp buffaloes was examined in southern and northeastern Thailand. In total, serum samples of 721 water buffaloes were collected from seven provinces (Ubon Ratchathani, Roi Et, Si Sa Ket, Surin, Buri Ram, Sakon Nakhon, and Songkhla) and examined for the presence of T. gondii infection using commercial latex agglutination test kits (TOXOCHECK-MT, Eiken Chemical Co., Tokyo, Japan). Of the 721 animals analysed, 49 (6.8%) were positive for T. gondii. Songkhla province had the highest seroprevalence (14.7%) among the seven provinces covered in this survey. There was a potential risk to local citizens of T. gondii infection identified by the present study, notably in northeastern Thailand, where despite lower seroprevalence consuming raw buffalo meat salad should be restricted to avoid the risk of zoonotic infections.</p>","PeriodicalId":55154,"journal":{"name":"Folia Parasitologica","volume":"68 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39654126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
Novel distribution records and molecular data for species of Macrogyrodactylus Malmberg, 1957 (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) from Clarias gariepinus (Burchell) (Siluriformes: Clariidae) in southern Africa. 非洲南部Clarias gariepinus (siluriforma: Clariidae) 1957年新分布记录及分子资料(单属:Gyrodactylidae)。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Folia Parasitologica Pub Date : 2021-12-10 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2021.027
Marliese Truter, Aline A Acosta, Olaf L F Weyl, Nico J Smit
{"title":"Novel distribution records and molecular data for species of Macrogyrodactylus Malmberg, 1957 (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) from Clarias gariepinus (Burchell) (Siluriformes: Clariidae) in southern Africa.","authors":"Marliese Truter,&nbsp;Aline A Acosta,&nbsp;Olaf L F Weyl,&nbsp;Nico J Smit","doi":"10.14411/fp.2021.027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The viviparous gyrodactylid genus Macrogyrodactylus Malmberg, 1957 is endemic to Africa, composed of nine species from hosts of four freshwater fish families, including catfishes (Siluriformes: Clariidae). Three species, Macrogyrodactylus clarii Gussev, 1961; M. congolensis (Prudhoe, 1957) and M. karibae Douëllou et Chishawa, 1995, are primarily known to parasitise the African sharptooth catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell) in various African countries. From November 2017 to September 2019, a total of 184 individuals of C. gariepinus were collected from selected localities in southern Africa and their skin, fins and gills were surveyed for monogeneans. Three species of Macrogyrodactylus (M. clarii, M. congolensis and M. karibae) were found parasitising C. gariepinus from five localities in South Africa and Zambia. Overall prevalence was 50% to 100% with intensities of up to 109 parasites per host individual. New locality records in southern Africa, morphological observations and additional molecular data on the complete Internal Transcriber Spacer (ITS-1-5.8S-ITS-2) regions of the rDNA gene for the three gyrodactylid species are presented in this study.</p>","PeriodicalId":55154,"journal":{"name":"Folia Parasitologica","volume":"68 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39654983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Soluble total antigen derived from Toxoplasma gondii RH strain prevents apoptosis, but induces anti-apoptosis in human monocyte cell line. 刚地弓形虫RH株可溶性总抗原可抑制细胞凋亡,但可诱导单核细胞抗凋亡。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Folia Parasitologica Pub Date : 2021-11-23 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2021.026
Hanieh Mohammad Rahimi, Sara Nemati, Helia Alavifard, Kaveh Baghaei, Hamed Mirjalali, Mohammad Reza Zali
{"title":"Soluble total antigen derived from Toxoplasma gondii RH strain prevents apoptosis, but induces anti-apoptosis in human monocyte cell line.","authors":"Hanieh Mohammad Rahimi,&nbsp;Sara Nemati,&nbsp;Helia Alavifard,&nbsp;Kaveh Baghaei,&nbsp;Hamed Mirjalali,&nbsp;Mohammad Reza Zali","doi":"10.14411/fp.2021.026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.026","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Apoptosis plays crucial role in the pathogenesis of toxoplasmosis, as it limits further development of the disease. The current study aimed to investigate the effects of different concentrations of soluble total antigen (STAg) of Toxoplasma gondii (Nicolle et Manceaux, 1908) on the apoptotic and anti-apoptotic pathways. PMA-activated THP-1 cell line was sensed by T. gondii STAg and the expression patterns of caspase-3, -7, -8, -9, Bax, Bcl-2, and Mcl-1 genes were evaluated. The results showed statistically significant concentration-dependent overexpression of both Bcl-2 (P-value < 0.0001) and Mcl-1 (P-value = 0.0147). The cas-7 showed overexpression in all concentrations (P-value < 0.0001). The cas-3 was suppressed in concentrations 100, 80, and 40 µg, but statistically significant downregulated in concentrations 10 and 20 µg. The Bax was suppressed in concentrations 100 to 20 µg, while it slightly downregulated 1.42 fold (P-value = 0.0029) in concentration 10 µg. The expression of cas-8 and -9 was suppressed in all concentrations. Our results indicated that T. gondii STAg downregulated and suppressed apoptotic and upregulated anti-apoptotic pathways. The upregulation of cas-7 in this study may indicate the role of T. gondii STAg in activation of inflammatory responses.</p>","PeriodicalId":55154,"journal":{"name":"Folia Parasitologica","volume":"68 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39573962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Detection of tick-borne pathogens in wild birds and their ticks in Western Siberia and high level of their mismatch. 西伯利亚西部野生鸟类及其蜱中蜱传病原体的检测及其高水平失配。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Folia Parasitologica Pub Date : 2021-11-16 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2021.024
Igor G Korobitsyn, Nina S Moskvitina, Oleg Yu Tyutenkov, Sergey I Gashkov, Yulia V Kononova, Sergey S Moskvitin, Vladimir N Romanenko, Tamara P Mikryukova, Elena V Protopopova, Mikhail Yu Kartashov, Eugene V Chausov, Svetlana N Konovalova, Natalia L Tupota, Alexandra O Sementsova, Vladimir A Ternovoi, Valery B Loktev
{"title":"Detection of tick-borne pathogens in wild birds and their ticks in Western Siberia and high level of their mismatch.","authors":"Igor G Korobitsyn,&nbsp;Nina S Moskvitina,&nbsp;Oleg Yu Tyutenkov,&nbsp;Sergey I Gashkov,&nbsp;Yulia V Kononova,&nbsp;Sergey S Moskvitin,&nbsp;Vladimir N Romanenko,&nbsp;Tamara P Mikryukova,&nbsp;Elena V Protopopova,&nbsp;Mikhail Yu Kartashov,&nbsp;Eugene V Chausov,&nbsp;Svetlana N Konovalova,&nbsp;Natalia L Tupota,&nbsp;Alexandra O Sementsova,&nbsp;Vladimir A Ternovoi,&nbsp;Valery B Loktev","doi":"10.14411/fp.2021.024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Tomsk region located in the south of Western Siberia is one of the most high-risk areas for tick-borne diseases due to elevated incidence of tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme disease in humans. Wild birds may be considered as one of the reservoirs for tick-borne pathogens and hosts for infected ticks. A high mobility of wild birds leads to unpredictable possibilities for the dissemination of tick-borne pathogens into new geographical regions. The primary goal of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in wild birds and ticks that feed on them as well as to determine the role of different species of birds in maintaining the tick-borne infectious foci. We analysed the samples of 443 wild birds (60 species) and 378 ticks belonging to the genus Ixodes Latraille, 1795 collected from the wild birds, for detecting occurrence of eight tick-borne pathogens, the namely tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), West Nile virus (WNV), and species of Borrelia, Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, Bartonella and Babesia Starcovici, 1893, using RT-PCR/or PCR and enzyme immunoassay. One or more tick-borne infection markers were detected in 43 species of birds. All markers were detected in samples collected from fieldfare Turdus pilaris Linnaeus, Blyth's reed warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Blyth, common redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus (Linnaeus), and common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus. Although all pathogens have been identified in birds and ticks, we found that in the majority of cases (75.5 %), there were mismatches of pathogens in birds and ticks collected from them. Wild birds and their ticks may play an extremely important role in the dissemination of tick-borne pathogens into different geographical regions.</p>","PeriodicalId":55154,"journal":{"name":"Folia Parasitologica","volume":"68 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39660515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Description of Tresuncinidactylus wilmienae gen. et sp. n. (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae), from the gills of the bulldog, Marcusenius macrolepidotus (Peters) from Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. 来自津巴布韦卡里巴湖的Marcusenius macrolepidotus(Peters)斗牛犬鳃的Tresuncinidactylus wilmienae gen.et sp.n的描述(单基因门:Gyrodactylidae)。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Folia Parasitologica Pub Date : 2021-11-16 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2021.025
Iva Prikrylova, Maxwell Barson, Andrew P Shinn
{"title":"Description of Tresuncinidactylus wilmienae gen. et sp. n. (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae), from the gills of the bulldog, Marcusenius macrolepidotus (Peters) from Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe.","authors":"Iva Prikrylova,&nbsp;Maxwell Barson,&nbsp;Andrew P Shinn","doi":"10.14411/fp.2021.025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The African continent has a rich diversity of fish and amphibians in its inland water systems that serve as hosts for monogeneans of seven genera of the Gyrodactylidae van Beneden et Hesse, 1832. In August 2011, eight gyrodactylid parasites were collected from the gills of two specimens of bulldog, Marcusenius macrolepidotus (Peters), from Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. Morphometric evaluation and sequencing of 18S rDNA confirmed that the specimens represented a species of a new viviparous genus, Tresuncinidactylus wilmienae gen. et sp. n. The attachment apparatus consists of a single pair of large slender hamuli with prominently flattened roots that are connected by a simple, narrow dorsal bar. The ventral bar is small and possesses a thin lingulate membrane but no evident anterolateral processes. There are 16 marginal hooks of one morphological type, but of three different sizes, with large falculate sickles that are proportionaly equal in length to the length of their handles. The two largest pairs of marginal hooks are positioned closest to the opisthaptoral peduncle, the neighbouring two pairs of medium-sized marginal hook sickles are situated along the lateral margins of the opisthaptor. Four pairs of smallest marginal hooks are positioned along the posterior margin of the opisthaptor. The male copulatory organ consists of a muscular pouch armed with approximately 30 gracile spines. Phylogenetic analyses of partial sequences of the 18S rDNA using Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Inference placed the new genus within the lineage of solely African genera and suggests Afrogyrodactylus Paperna, 1968, Citharodactylus Přikrylová, Shinn et Paladini, 2017 and Mormyrogyrodactylus Luus-Powell, Mashego et Khalil, 2003 as genera most closely related to the new genus.</p>","PeriodicalId":55154,"journal":{"name":"Folia Parasitologica","volume":"68 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39660514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 4
Impact of tick-borne Anaplasma phagocytophilum infections in calves of moose (Alces alces) in southern Norway. 挪威南部驼鹿幼崽(Alces Alces)中蜱传嗜吞噬细胞无原体感染的影响。
IF 1.6 4区 医学
Folia Parasitologica Pub Date : 2021-10-13 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2021.023
Irma Razanske, Olav Rosef, Jana Radzijevskaja, Ricardas Krikstolaitis, Algimantas Paulauskas
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