Detection and molecular characterization of the mosquito-borne filarial nematode Setaria tundra in Danish roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
Autor: | Ian David Woolsey, Mohammad Nafi Solaiman Al-Sabi, Jakob le Fèvre Harslund, Heidi L. Enemark, Mariann Chriél, Antti Oksanen |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Veterinary medicine 030231 tropical medicine Vector borne Meat hygiene Peritoneal cavity Danish 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Capreolus biology.animal lcsh:Zoology parasitic diseases Parasite hosting lcsh:QL1-991 Filarial nematode Roe deer biology Outbreak 030108 mycology & parasitology Setaria tundra biology.organism_classification language.human_language Infectious Diseases Nematode language Animal Science and Zoology Parasitology Asymptomatic carrier |
Zdroj: | International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 16-21 (2017) Enemark, H L, Oksanen, A, Chriél, M, Harslund, J L F, Woolsey, I D & Al-Sabi, M N S 2017, ' Detection and molecular characterization of the mosquito-borne filarial nematode Setaria tundra in Danish roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) ', International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 16-21 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2017.01.002 |
ISSN: | 2213-2244 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2017.01.002 |
Popis: | Setaria tundra is a mosquito-borne filarial nematode of cervids in Europe. It has recently been associated with an emerging epidemic disease causing severe morbidity and mortality in reindeer and moose in Finland. Here, we present the first report of S. tundra in six roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) collected between October 2010 and March 2014 in Denmark. The deer originated from various localities across the country: the eastern part of the Jutland peninsular and four locations on the island Zealand. With the exception of one deer, with parasites residing in a transparent cyst just under the liver capsule, worms (ranging from 2 to >20/deer) were found free in the peritoneal cavity. The worms were identified as S. tundra by morphological examination and/or molecular typing of the mitochondrial 12S rRNA and cox1 genes, which showed 99.1-99.8% identity to previously published S. tundra isolates from Europe. Roe deer are generally considered as asymptomatic carriers and their numbers in Denmark have increased significantly in recent decades. In light of climatic changes which result in warmer, more humid weather in Scandinavia greater numbers of mosquitoes and, especially, improved conditions for development of parasite larvae in the mosquito vectors are expected, which may lead to increasing prevalence of S. tundra. Monitoring of this vector-borne parasite may thus be needed in order to enhance the knowledge of factors promoting its expansion and prevalence as well as predicting disease outbreaks. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Australian Society for Parasitology. |
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