First Azygiid Reported from Africa or a Characiform Fish: Plenivitellinum kifi n. gen., n. sp. (Digenea: Azygiidae) Infecting the Gut of African Tigerfish, Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau, 1861 (Characiformes: Alestidae) from the Kavango River.

Autor: Truong TN; Southeastern Cooperative Fish Parasite and Disease Laboratory, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences, College of Agriculture, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA. tnt0004@auburn.edu., Dutton HR; Southeastern Cooperative Fish Parasite and Disease Laboratory, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences, College of Agriculture, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA., Netherlands EC; Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, 9300, Bloemfontein, PO Box 339, South Africa., DuPreez LH; African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Private Bag X6001, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa.; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Somerset Street, Makhanda, 6140, South Africa., Jacobs FJ; Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Kamutjonga Inland Fisheries Institute (KIFI), Divundu, Namibia., Bullard SA; Southeastern Cooperative Fish Parasite and Disease Laboratory, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences, College of Agriculture, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA.; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Somerset Street, Makhanda, 6140, South Africa.

Publikováno v: Acta parasitologica [Acta Parasitol] 2024 Sep; Vol. 69 (3), pp. 1403-1410. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 08.

Unoculubranchiobdella sp. (Hirudinea: Ozobranchidae) as a vector for Haemogregarina spp. in freshwater turtles from Brazil.

Autor: Úngari LP; Setor de Parasitologia, Departamento de Biodiversidade e Bioestatística, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista- UNESP,, Botucatu, SP, Brasil. letspungari@hotmail.com.; Universidade de São Paulo - USP, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. letspungari@hotmail.com., Oceguera-Figueroa A; Laboratorio de Helmintología, Instituto de Biología, Universidade Nacional Autónoma de México -UNAM, Tercer Circuito s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de Mexico, Copilco, México., Torres-Carrera G; Laboratorio de Helmintología, Instituto de Biología, Universidade Nacional Autónoma de México -UNAM, Tercer Circuito s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de Mexico, Copilco, México., Netherlands EC; Department Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa., Santos ALQ; Laboratório de Ensino e Pesquisa em Animais Silvestres, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brasil., da Silva RJ; Setor de Parasitologia, Departamento de Biodiversidade e Bioestatística, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista- UNESP,, Botucatu, SP, Brasil., O Dwyer LH; Setor de Parasitologia, Departamento de Biodiversidade e Bioestatística, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista- UNESP,, Botucatu, SP, Brasil.

Publikováno v: Parasitology research [Parasitol Res] 2024 Jun 22; Vol. 123 (6), pp. 249. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 22.

First report of a fish blood fluke from sub-Saharan Africa: Nomasanguinicola dentata (Paperna, 1964) Warren and Bullard, 2023 infecting African sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) Teugles, 1982 in the Kavango River, Namibia, and a revised phylogeny for Sanguinicolidae Poche, 1926.

Autor: Warren MB; Aquatic Parasitology Laboratory, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences, College of Agriculture, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA. Electronic address: brett.warren@auburn.edu., Jacobs F; Kamutjonga Research and Training Institute, Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Divundu, Namibia., Dutton HR; Aquatic Parasitology Laboratory, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences, College of Agriculture, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA., Netherlands EC; Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa., DuPreez LH; African African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Private Bag ×6001, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Somerset Street, Grahamstown 6139, South Africa., Bullard SA; Aquatic Parasitology Laboratory, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences, College of Agriculture, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA; Unit for Environmental Sciences and Development, North-West University, Private Bag X6001, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa.

Publikováno v: Parasitology international [Parasitol Int] 2024 Jun; Vol. 100, pp. 102862. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 17.

Barcoding and traditional health practitioner perspectives are informative to monitor and conserve frogs and reptiles traded for traditional medicine in urban South Africa.

Autor: Phaka FM; African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, Republic of South Africa.; Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Makhanda, Republic of South Africa., Netherlands EC; African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, Republic of South Africa.; Department of Zoology and Entomology, Natural and Agricultural Sciences Faculty, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, Republic of South Africa., Van Steenberge M; Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.; Operational Directorate Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium.; Laboratory of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Genomics, Department of Biology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium., Verheyen E; Operational Directorate Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium.; Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, Biology Department, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium., Sonet G; Operational Directorate Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium., Hugé J; Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.; Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, the Netherlands., du Preez LH; African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, Republic of South Africa.; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Makhanda, Republic of South Africa., Vanhove MPM; Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.; Laboratory of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Genomics, Department of Biology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Publikováno v: Molecular ecology resources [Mol Ecol Resour] 2023 Oct 16. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 16.

Taxonomic re-evaluation of African anuran trypanosomes with the redescription and molecular diagnosis of Trypanosoma ( Trypanosoma ) nelspruitense Laveran, 1904 and Trypanosoma ( Haematomonas ) grandicolor Pienaar, 1962.

Autor: Jordaan BJ; African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa., du Preez LH; African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Somerset Street, Makhanda 6140, South Africa., Netherlands EC; African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.; Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa.

Publikováno v: Parasitology [Parasitology] 2023 May; Vol. 150 (6), pp. 477-487. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 08.