LITOMOSOIDES-MICROFILARIA IN SEVEN NEOTROPICAL BAT SPECIES
| Autor: | Elisabeth K. V. Kalko, Anna-Valeska Bettina Vogeler, Marco Tschapka, Veronika M. Cottontail |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
integumentary system biology Host (biology) Zoology Lophostoma 030108 mycology & parasitology biology.organism_classification Onchocercidae Microfilaria Onchocerca volvulus Multiple infections 03 medical and health sciences parasitic diseases Parasitology Filarioidea Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Artibeus |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of parasitology. |
| ISSN: | 1937-2345 |
| Popis: | Litomosoides spp. (Nematoda: Filarioidea: Onchocercidae) are of great interest for understanding dynamics of zoonoses because of their similarity to human-infecting filariae (e.g., Onchocerca volvulus). We encountered Litomosoides microfilaria in blood samples from 7 Panamanian bat species. Species were identified through morphological analysis. We assessed individual traits and immune response of the host individuals as well as host species ecology. We found 8 host-specific species/morphotypes of Litomosoides microfilariae in 5 bat species, with 5 individuals showing multiple infections. Our study includes the first records of Litomosoides brasiliensis in Artibeus jamaicensis and of Litomosoides-like and Litomosa-like microfilaria in Lophostoma silvicolum. Multiple binary regression analysis showed that the presence of specific Litomosoides species was influenced by host species, sex, and reproductive status. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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