Helminths of Fedorov's lumpsucker Eumicrotremus fedorovi Mandrytsa, 1991 (Actinopterygii: Cyclopteridae) in the Simushir Island area (Pacific Ocean)
Publication date: Available online 13 February 2020Source: Parasitology InternationalAuthor(s): Ilya I. Gordeev, Sergey G. SokolovAbstractFedorov's lumpsucker, Eumicrotremus fedorovi Mandrytsa, 1991, is native to the Kuril Islands area. Two sets of 69 and 30 adult specimens of E. fedorovi caught on the continental shelf and slope of Simushir Island in the Pacific Ocean were dissected and studied for macroparasites. The studied specimens were heavily infected with plerocercoids of Nybelinia surmenicola and Ascarophis pacifica. For the first time, 15 parasite taxa were recorded for E. fedorovi. None of the parasites found ar...
Source: Parasitology International - February 14, 2020 Category: Parasitology Source Type: research
Description and molecular characteristics of Morishitium polonicum malayense Urabe, Nor Hashim & Uni, n. subsp. (Trematoda: Cyclocoelidae) from the Asian glossy starling, Aplonis panayensis strigata (Passeriformes: Sturnidae) in Peninsular Malaysia
We describe Morishitium polonicum malayense n. subsp. from Asian glossy starlings (Aplonis panayensis strigata) (Horsfield, 1821) (Passeriformis: Sturnidae) caught in Malaysia. The trematodes had parasitized the air sacs and the thoracic and body cavities of 40 out of 67 (59.7%) birds examined. The specimens each had an oral sucker, a postpharyngeal genital pore, and tandem testes, but lacked a ventral sucker. The morphological characteristics of our specimens were similar to those of M. polonicum polonicum (Machalska, 1980) from Poland. However, the anterior extremity of vitelline follicles of the present specimens someti...
Source: Parasitology International - February 10, 2020 Category: Parasitology Source Type: research
Genetic diversity and multiplicity of infection in Fasciola gigantica isolates of Pakistani livestock
Publication date: Available online 8 February 2020Source: Parasitology InternationalAuthor(s): Zia Ur Rehman, Osama Zahid, Imran Rashid, Qasim Ali, Muhammad Haroon Akbar, Muhammad Oneeb, Wasim Shehzad, Kamran Ashraf, Neil D. Sargison, Umer ChaudhryAbstractFasciola spp. are responsible for over 3 billion US dollars of production loss annually in livestock and cause widespread zoonotic disease. Nevertheless, understating of the emergence and spread of the trematode species is poor. The multiplicity of F. gigantica infection and its spread is potentially influenced by multiple factors, including the abundance of suitable inte...
Source: Parasitology International - February 10, 2020 Category: Parasitology Source Type: research
First case of human anisakiasis in Poland
In this study, we report the first case of gastric anisakiasis in Poland, in a 59-year-old female patient, after eating raw Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). The parasite was identified as the third-stage larva of Anisakis simplex sensu stricto on the basis of morphology and molecular analysis. The larva was still alive and causing pain until it was removed, which occurred more than 5 weeks after infection. The described case prove that anisakiasis should be considered as a potential cause of gastrointestinal tract ailments following the consumption of seafood in countries where no cases of this zoonosis have been reported ...
Source: Parasitology International - February 8, 2020 Category: Parasitology Source Type: research
Molecular investigation of Anaplasma species in sheep from Heilongjiang Province, northeast China identified four Anaplasma species and a novel genotype of Anaplasma capra
This study investigated the presence of Anaplasma in sheep from Heilongjiang Province, northeastern China. A total of 341 blood samples were detected by PCR with species-specific primers based on the msp4 gene of Anaplasma ovis, 16S rRNA gene of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Anaplasma bovis and gltA gene of Anaplasma capra. The results showed that Anaplasma infection was found in 103 (30.2%) of 341 sheep. The infection rates were 2.6%, 8.8%, 15.8% and 10.0% for A. ovis, A. phagocytophilum, A. bovis and A. capra in sheep, respectively. Co-infection involving two Anaplasma species was found in 25 sheep (8.0%), which were usu...
Source: Parasitology International - February 8, 2020 Category: Parasitology Source Type: research
