Redescrição de Litomosoides brasiliensis Almeida, 1936 (Nematoda: Filariidae) Parasito de Anoura caudifera (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)

Mourão, Elizabeth D; Avilla, Leonardo dos Santos; Lent, Herman

doi:10.1590/s0074-02762002000400007

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“…The molecular analysis on the blood samples showed there was 99.31% similarity to L. brasiliensis. This species has been reported parasitizing the families Phyllostomidae and Vespertilionidae, which are widely distributed in South and Central (Albuquerque et al, 2015;Brant & Gardner, 2000;Costa et al, 2021;Guerrero et al, 2002;Jiménez et al, 2021;Mourão et al, 2002;Vicente et al, 1997;Vogeler et al, 2018). In Brazil, presence of L. brasiliensis has been reported in the states of Amapá, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Piauí, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo (Albuquerque et al, 2015;Costa et al, 2021;Mourão et al, 2002).…”

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Litomosoides brasiliensis (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) infecting chiropterans in the Legal Amazon region, Brazil

Costa

Coutinho

Simas

et al. 2022

Rev. Bras. Parasitol. Vet.

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Chiropterans play an important role in the maintenance of the environmental balance, since they are pollinators, seed dispersers and predators. They contribute to transmission and spreading of microorganisms such as helminths, fungi, protozoa, bacteria and virus. The aim of the present study was to investigate natural filariid infection among bats in the Legal Amazon region, Brazil, by means of parasitological and molecular analyses. Blood samples were collected from 82 bats for blood smears and for DNA extraction via the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. Microfilariae were observed in blood smears from Carollia perspicillata (2), Artibeus lituratus (1), Artibeus fimbriatus (2), Dermanura gnoma (2) and Glossophaga soricina (1). Five positive samples were detected through the PCR assay and four of these were also positive in blood smears. From genome sequencing and comparative analysis with sequences deposited in GenBank, one sample showed 99.31% similarity to the species Litomosoides brasiliensis. The present study expands the geographical distribution of L. brasiliensis, to include the state of Maranhão as an area of occurrence of this species and includes D. gnoma and A. fimbriatus as hosts in Brazil.

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Litomosoides brasiliensis (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) infecting chiropterans in the Legal Amazon region, Brazil

Costa

Coutinho

Simas

et al. 2022

Rev. Bras. Parasitol. Vet.

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Cerebral filariasis infection with Litomosoides in Molossus barnesi (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in the Brazilian eastern Amazon, with comments on Molossinema wimsatti Georgi, Georgi, Jiang and Fronguillo, 1987

Conga,

Araújo,

Souza

et al. 2024

Parasitol Res

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<strong>Checklist of the Helminth Parasites of South American Bats</strong>

Santos¹,

Gibson²

2015

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Although the Chiroptera represents a significant proportion (c.20%) of the mammalian fauna and South America has the highest diversity of bat species, only about a third of the known species in this region have had helminth parasites reported from them. This work represents the first comprehensive checklist of the helminth parasites (nematodes, acanthocephalans, trematodes and cestodes) of South American bats. The data were extracted from more than 120 references and are presented as a key to each group of parasites down to the generic level, with an indication of how the bats become infected, accompanied by a list of the species recorded for each genus. This is followed, in tabular form, by parasite-host and hostparasite checklists. The parasite-host list also includes their geographical distribution in South America (at the country level) and site data, plus the references in which the parasite records occur. The host-parasite list is arranged according to the classification of the hosts. In all, c.370 host-parasite associations are recorded, involving 114 nominal species of helminths from 92 named chiropteran taxa.

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Redescrição de Litomosoides brasiliensis Almeida, 1936 (Nematoda: Filariidae) Parasito de Anoura caudifera (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)

Cited by 6 publications

References 10 publications

Litomosoides brasiliensis (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) infecting chiropterans in the Legal Amazon region, Brazil

Litomosoides brasiliensis (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) infecting chiropterans in the Legal Amazon region, Brazil

Cerebral filariasis infection with Litomosoides in Molossus barnesi (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in the Brazilian eastern Amazon, with comments on Molossinema wimsatti Georgi, Georgi, Jiang and Fronguillo, 1987

<strong>Checklist of the Helminth Parasites of South American Bats</strong>

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