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Morphological constraint obscures richness: a mitochondrial exploration of cryptic richness in Transversotrema (Trematoda: Transversotrematidae)
Int J Parasitol. 2023 Jul 22:S0020-7519(23)00156-X. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2023.06.006. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSpecies of Transversotrema Witenberg, 1944 (Transversotrematidae) occupy a unique ecological niche for the Trematoda, living externally under the scales of their teleost hosts. Previous studies of the genus have been impeded partly by limited variation in ribosomal DNA sequence data between closely related species and partly by a lack of morphometrically informative characters. Here, we assess richness of the tropical Indo-west Pacific species through parallel phylogenetic and morphometric analyses, generati...
Source: International Journal for Parasitology - July 24, 2023 Category: Parasitology Authors: Scott C Cutmore Richard D Corner Thomas H Cribb Source Type: research

exchange and hybridisation at a wild-feral-domestic interface
Int J Parasitol. 2023 Jul 18:S0020-7519(23)00155-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2023.06.005. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTInteractions between wild, feral, and domestic animals are of economic and conservation significance. The pigeon Columba livia is a synanthropic species in a feral form, but it also includes the rare Rock Dove. Columba livia is an important player at the wild-domestic interface, acting as a carrier of avian diseases, and the feral form threatens Rock Doves with extinction via hybridisation. Despite its abundance, little is known about drivers of disease prevalence in C. livia, or how disease and hybridisatio...
Source: International Journal for Parasitology - July 20, 2023 Category: Parasitology Authors: William J Smith Micha ł T Jezierski Jenny C Dunn Sonya M Clegg Source Type: research

Interrelationships and properties of parasite aggregation measures: a user's guide
Int J Parasitol. 2023 Jul 17:S0020-7519(23)00154-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2023.06.004. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAggregation of macroparasites among hosts is nearly universal among parasite-host associations. Researchers testing hypotheses on origins of parasite aggregation and its importance to parasite and host population ecology have used different measures of aggregation that are not necessarily measuring the same thing, potentially clouding our understanding of underlying epidemiological processes. We highlight these differences in meanings by exploring properties and interrelationships of six common measures of p...
Source: International Journal for Parasitology - July 19, 2023 Category: Parasitology Authors: A Morrill R Poulin M R Forbes Source Type: research

Bird species with wider geographical ranges have higher blood parasite diversity but not prevalence across the African-Eurasian flyway
Int J Parasitol. 2023 Jul 17:S0020-7519(23)00152-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2023.06.002. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAvian blood parasites, from the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon, are predicted to alter their range and prevalence as global temperatures change, and host and vector ranges shift. Understanding large-scale patterns in the prevalence and diversity of avian malaria and malaria-like parasites is important due to an incomplete understanding of their effects in the wild, where studies suggest even light parasitaemia can potentially cause rapid mortality, especially in naïve populations. We cond...
Source: International Journal for Parasitology - July 19, 2023 Category: Parasitology Authors: Mary La Chapelle Marcello Ruta Jenny C Dunn Source Type: research

Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) on synanthropic small and medium-sized mammals in areas of the northeastern United States infested with the Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis
In conclusion, our findings provide valuable insights into the tick species composition on mammalian hosts in NJ and the ongoing national expansion of H. longicornis.PMID:37467875 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijpara.2023.06.003 (Source: International Journal for Parasitology)
Source: International Journal for Parasitology - July 19, 2023 Category: Parasitology Authors: Francisco C Ferreira Julia Gonz ález Matthew T Milholland Grayson A Tung Dina M Fonseca Source Type: research

Is vision deterioration responsible for changes in the host's behavior caused by eye flukes?
Int J Parasitol. 2023 Jul 5:S0020-7519(23)00150-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2023.06.001. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTrematodes localizing in the lenses of fish change the behavior of their hosts. These behavioral changes are widely suggested to be parasitic manipulations of host behavior aimed at increasing the possibility of eye flukes completing their life cycle. It is often assumed that fish change their behavior due to the vision deterioration caused by trematode larvae. We checked this assumption by testing Salvelinus malma infected with eye flukes (Diplostomum pseudospathaceum) under different lighting conditions. We...
Source: International Journal for Parasitology - July 7, 2023 Category: Parasitology Authors: Mikhail Gopko Darya Tkachenko Anastasia Shpagina Darya Maximenko Ekaterina Mironova Source Type: research