Molecular screening indicates high prevalence and mixed infections of Hepatozoon parasites in wild felines from South Africa

Genetic diversity within partial 18S rRNA sequences from Hepatozoon protozoan parasites from wild felines in South Africa was assessed and compared with data from domestic cats to assess patterns of host specificity. Lions, leopards, servals, a caracal and an African wildcat were all positive for pa...

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Autores principales: Harris, David J., Sergiadou, Dimitra, Halajian, Ali, Swanepoel, Lourens, Roux, Francois
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7736645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33314957
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v91i0.2055
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author Harris, David J.
Sergiadou, Dimitra
Halajian, Ali
Swanepoel, Lourens
Roux, Francois
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description Genetic diversity within partial 18S rRNA sequences from Hepatozoon protozoan parasites from wild felines in South Africa was assessed and compared with data from domestic cats to assess patterns of host specificity. Lions, leopards, servals, a caracal and an African wildcat were all positive for parasites of the Hepatozoon felis-complex. However, haplotypes were not species-specific, and potential mixed infections were widespread. Additional genetic markers are needed to untangle the extremely complex situation of these parasites in both domestic cats and wild felines in South Africa.
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spelling pubmed-77366452020-12-21 Molecular screening indicates high prevalence and mixed infections of Hepatozoon parasites in wild felines from South Africa Harris, David J. Sergiadou, Dimitra Halajian, Ali Swanepoel, Lourens Roux, Francois J S Afr Vet Assoc Original Research Genetic diversity within partial 18S rRNA sequences from Hepatozoon protozoan parasites from wild felines in South Africa was assessed and compared with data from domestic cats to assess patterns of host specificity. Lions, leopards, servals, a caracal and an African wildcat were all positive for parasites of the Hepatozoon felis-complex. However, haplotypes were not species-specific, and potential mixed infections were widespread. Additional genetic markers are needed to untangle the extremely complex situation of these parasites in both domestic cats and wild felines in South Africa. AOSIS 2020-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7736645/ /pubmed/33314957 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v91i0.2055 Text en © 2020. The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
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Harris, David J.
Sergiadou, Dimitra
Halajian, Ali
Swanepoel, Lourens
Roux, Francois
Molecular screening indicates high prevalence and mixed infections of Hepatozoon parasites in wild felines from South Africa
title Molecular screening indicates high prevalence and mixed infections of Hepatozoon parasites in wild felines from South Africa
title_full Molecular screening indicates high prevalence and mixed infections of Hepatozoon parasites in wild felines from South Africa
title_fullStr Molecular screening indicates high prevalence and mixed infections of Hepatozoon parasites in wild felines from South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Molecular screening indicates high prevalence and mixed infections of Hepatozoon parasites in wild felines from South Africa
title_short Molecular screening indicates high prevalence and mixed infections of Hepatozoon parasites in wild felines from South Africa
title_sort molecular screening indicates high prevalence and mixed infections of hepatozoon parasites in wild felines from south africa
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7736645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33314957
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v91i0.2055
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