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Lucio CDS, Gentile R, Cardoso TDS, de Oliveira Santos F, Teixeira BR, Maldonado Júnior A, D'Andrea PS. Composition and structure of the helminth community of rodents in matrix habitat areas of the Atlantic forest of southeastern Brazil. Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl 2021; 15:278-289. [PMID: 34336593 PMCID: PMC8318825 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The predominant landscape of the Atlantic Forest of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro is made up of forest fragments surrounded by a matrix of modified habitat, which may influence the occurrence and distribution of host species and their parasites in comparison with the original continuous forest. The present study describes the structure, composition, and diversity of the helminth community found in rodents in two areas of an open matrix of different status of conservation. The abundance, intensity, and prevalence were calculated for each helminth species in rodent species. The influence of biotic and abiotic factors on the abundance and prevalence of the helminth species was also investigated. Community structure was analyzed based on the beta diversity and a bipartite network. Nine helminth species were recovered from Akodon cursor, Necromys lasiurus and Mus musculus, with the greatest helminth species richness being recorded in A. cursor (S = 8), followed by N. lasiurus (S = 6), and M. musculus (S = 3). Only three of the helminths recorded in A. cursor had been recorded previously in this rodent in the Atlantic Forest, where 12 different helminths have been recorded, so that the other five are new occurrences for this rodent. All the helminth species of N. lasiurus had been reported previously in this rodent in the Cerrado and Caatinga regions. Mus musculus was infected with the same helminths as the local fauna. Host species and locality were the most important factors influencing helminth abundance and prevalence. Beta-diversity was high for infracommunities indicating more substitutions of helminth species than losses among individuals. Three helminths species were shared by the three host species. The reduced beta-diversity observed in the component communities was consistent with the overlap observed in the helminth fauna of the host species.
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- Camila dos Santos Lucio
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Saúde / IOC/Fiocruz-RJ, Brazil
- Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios- IOC/Fiocruz-RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios- IOC/Fiocruz-RJ, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Saúde / IOC/Fiocruz-RJ, Brazil
- Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios- IOC/Fiocruz-RJ, Brazil
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Programa Fiocruz de Fomento à Inovação - INOVA FIOCRUZ, Av. Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21040-360, RJ, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Saúde / IOC/Fiocruz-RJ, Brazil
- Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios- IOC/Fiocruz-RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios- IOC/Fiocruz-RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios- IOC/Fiocruz-RJ, Brazil
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Oyarzún-Ruiz P, Cataldo SD, Cevidanes A, Millán J, González-Acuña D. Endoparasitic fauna of two South American foxes in Chile: Lycalopex culpaeus and Lycalopex griseus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 29:e006220. [PMID: 33027424 DOI: 10.1590/s1984-29612020055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2020] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Native foxes face serious threats related to anthropic activities and the uncontrolled pets. However, the transmission of several pathogens such as parasites by domestic dogs is an important conservation issue with limited attention in Chile. The lack of a proper identification of the helminths of wild canids in the country, based mostly in coprological studies, limited our knowledge in potential interspecific transmission. Thus, the aim of the present survey was to identify the parasitic fauna of two native canids, the Andean fox (Lycalopex culpaeus) (n=49) and Chilla (Lycalopex griseus) (n=17), from several localities in Chile through a complete parasitological survey. Sixteen different species were identified, 9 of which are new host records for Andean fox and two for Chilla fox in South America, and three are recorded for first time in Chile. Also, five of them are of zoonotic concern and six are known to use domestic dogs as their principal hosts. These findings have implications for public health and the conservation of canids whose interspecific transmission of parasites with domestic dogs is confirmed through these findings. The need for an exhaustive surveillance of wild carnivores is emphasized considering these hosts as important sources of micro- and macroparasites.
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- Pablo Oyarzún-Ruiz
- Laboratorio de Parásitos y Enfermedades en Fauna Silvestre, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción, Chillán, Chile.,Becario ANID Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Veterinarias, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción, Chillán, Chile
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- Programa de Doctorado en Medicina de la Conservación, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
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- Programa de Doctorado en Medicina de la Conservación, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile.,Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón-IA2, Universidad de Zaragoza - CITA, Zaragoza, España.,Fundación ARAID, Zaragoza, España
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- Laboratorio de Parásitos y Enfermedades en Fauna Silvestre, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción, Chillán, Chile
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Tietze E, de Tommaso D, Beltrame MO. Parasites in micromammal fecal pellets throughout the Late Holocene ("Cueva Peligro" paleontological site, Patagonia, Argentina). Parasitol Int 2020; 78:102147. [PMID: 32442497 DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2020.102147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Parasite remains in micromammal fecal pellets collected from the paleontological site "Cueva Peligro" (CP 43°40'18"S, 66°24'52"W), Chubut Province, Argentina, were examined. The samples were obtained from two grids, dated between 1220 ± 7014C yr B.P. to modern dates. Fecal pellets were whole processed, rehydrated, homogenized, and examined via light microscopy. Eggs of parasites found were measured and photographed. Fecal pellets belong to one or more insectivore to omnivore unidentified micromammal species, possibly sigmodontine rodents. A high number of helminthes species was recorded (11 species), eight nematodes, two anoplocephalid cestodes and one acanthocephalan species. The sigmodontine-parasite relationship varied throughout the studied period and between studied grids. This is the first time that Gongylonema sp. and Syphacia sp. are reported from ancient times from Patagonia. The obtained results contribute to the knowledge of parasite assemblages associated to native South American sigmodontine rodents and the zoonoses present in the area throughout the lasts 1200 years.
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- Eleonor Tietze
- Grupo de Investigación: Paleoparasitología, Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción, Sanidad y Ambiente (IIPROSAM), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UNMdP-CONICET, Juan B Justo 2250, 7600 Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Instituto de Diversidad y Evolución Austral, Centro Nacional Patagónico (IDEAus-CENPAT), Argentina; Facultad Regional Chubut, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (FRCh-UTN), Argentina
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- Grupo de Investigación: Paleoparasitología, Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción, Sanidad y Ambiente (IIPROSAM), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UNMdP-CONICET, Juan B Justo 2250, 7600 Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Robles MDR, Perfumo C, Kinsella JM, Navone GT. Histopathology associated with angiostrongylosis in Akodon species (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from Sierra de la Ventana, Buenos Aires, Argentina. J Parasitol 2012; 98:1133-8. [PMID: 22663763 DOI: 10.1645/ge-3128.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Angiostrongylus is a metastrongylid nematode genus that includes species found in carnivores, rodents, and occasionally primates (including humans). About 100 species of wild sigmodontine rodents occur in Argentina, 16 of which are species of Akodon. The lungs of Akodon azarae and Akodon dolores from Sierra de la Ventana, Buenos Aires, Argentina, were examined, and 2 of 10 A. dolores specimens were positive for angiostrongylosis, showing macroscopic lesions of verminous pneumonia. Adults found were identified as Angiostrongylus morerai. Histopathology of the lungs revealed multiple nodules in the interstitium, alveoli, and vessels, resulting in interstitial fibrosis and the destruction of small capillaries and arterioles. Since extensive pathology in the lung was noted here from only 2 adults, it is probable that heavier infections may cause mortality in their hosts. This is the first record of this nematode species from A. dolores , expanding its geographic distribution to the southwest of Buenos Aires Province, and the first description of the histopathology of larval angiostrongylosis in a wild rodent from South America.
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- María del Rosario Robles
- Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores CEPAVE, CCT-CONICET-La Plata, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Calle 2 #584, La Plata 1900, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Smales LR, Harris PD, Behnke JM. A redescription of Protospirura muricola Gedoelst, 1916 (Nematoda: Spiruridae), a parasite of murid rodents. Syst Parasitol 2008; 72:15-26. [PMID: 19048405 DOI: 10.1007/s11230-008-9147-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2008] [Revised: 04/21/2008] [Accepted: 07/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The spirurid nematode Protospirura muricola Gedoelst, 1916 is redescribed from Acomys dimidiatus (Desmarest) from the St Katherine Protectorate, Sinai, Egypt. Egyptian material closely resembled specimens of P. muricola from African mammals re-examined in this study, as well as conforming to published reports of this species. P. muricola with two denticles on each lateral lobe of the pseudolabia and six pairs of postanal papillae is closest to P. pseudomuris Yokohata & Abe, 1989, but can be readily distinguished in having the right spicule shorter than the left. The significance of the characteristics of the head and mouth, and of the male spicules, in characterising Protospirura Seurat, 1914 is evaluated. P. muricola, an African parasite of rodents, appears to have spread globally with synanthropic rat final hosts and possibly with the cosmopolitan dermapteran intermediate host Leucophaea maderae (Fabr.).
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- L R Smales
- South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia.
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Vicente JJ, Rodrigues HDO, Gomes DC, Pinto RM. Nematóides do Brasil. Parte V: nematóides de mamíferos. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1997. [DOI: 10.1590/s0101-81751997000500001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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