Nycteria and Polychromophilus parasite infections of bats in Central Gabon.
Chiroptera
Haemosporida
Hepatocystis
Nycteria
Polychromophilus
Rhinolophidae
Journal
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases
ISSN: 1567-7257
Titre abrégé: Infect Genet Evol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101084138
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 2019
03 2019
Historique:
received:
05
09
2018
revised:
29
11
2018
accepted:
30
11
2018
pubmed:
7
12
2018
medline:
31
12
2019
entrez:
4
12
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Haemosporida are arthropod-borne blood parasites that infect a wide range of vertebrate hosts, including numerous species of bats. Here, we present data of haemosporidian infections in different bat species that were surveyed in Ngounié province, Gabon. We detected Nycteria parasites in Rhinolophus bats and Polychromophilus in Miniopterus minor, a rare and poorly known bat species. Strikingly, no Hepatocystis parasites, which are abundant in epauletted fruit bats elsewhere in Africa, were detected. Our findings suggest that Hepatocystis infections in bats display diverse regional patterns of distribution and transmission dynamics, that cannot be predicted from host abundance. Nycteria parasites are widely distributed in several African rhinolophid species and Polychromophilus parasites of diverse Miniopterus species worldwide belong to the same parasite species.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30508688
pii: S1567-1348(18)30684-1
doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2018.11.022
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
30-34Informations de copyright
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