Description of two new species of Nippostrongylinae (Nematoda: Heligmonellidae) coparasites in three sympatric species of<i>Mastomys</i>spp. (Rodentia: Muridae) from Senegal

Durette-Desset, Marie-Claude; Brouat, Carine; Diouf, Malick; Duplantier, Jean‐Marc

doi:10.1051/parasite/2008154539

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“…As a result S. obvelata may have spread throughout the world with laboratory rodents, eventually spreading to indigenous rodents such as M. coucha . The unidentified heligmonellid recovered from only M. coucha might belong to the genus Heligmonina , based on the presence of a hypertrophied left ala (Durette-Desset et al , 2008), but other more distinguishing characteristics need to be examined for a conclusive identification. Mastophorus muris was present in all three Rattus species.…”

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Helminth composition and prevalence of indigenous and invasive synanthropic murid rodents in urban areas of Gauteng Province, South Africa

Julius¹,

Schwan

Chimimba³

2017

J. Helminthol.

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Although synanthropic rodents such as the indigenous species, Mastomys coucha, and the invasive species, Rattus norvegicus, R. rattus and R. tanezumi, are well-known to be hosts to various micro- and macroparasites, their helminth parasite fauna is poorly studied in South Africa. In an attempt to remedy the situation, the aim of the present study was to investigate the helminth fauna of these sympatric rodent species, which were obtained from the informal settlements of Alexandra, Tembisa, Diepsloot and residential suburbs of Pretoria and Hammanskraal, Gauteng Province, South Africa. Helminths were recovered from the urinary bladder, liver and gastrointestinal tract and were identified morphologically and molecularly. The recovered nematodes were all rodent-specific and included Aspiculuris tetraptera, Eucoleus sp., Heterakis spumosa, Mastophorus muris, Nippostrongylus brasiliensis, Protospirura sp., Strongyloides ratti, Syphacia obvelata, Syphacia muris, Trichuris sp. and Trichosomoides crassicauda. Syphacia obvelata, a commensal nematode of laboratory rodents, was recovered from indigenous M. coucha. Strobilar stages of cestodes recovered included Hymenolepis diminuta, Hymenolepis nana and Inermicapsifer madagascariensis. Recovered metacestodes were strobilocerci of Hydatigera taeniaeformis from all three invasive Rattus species and coenurostrobilocerci of Hydatigera parva from M. coucha. An acanthocephalan, Moniliformis moniliformis, was recovered from R. rattus only. All rodent species examined showed high helminth infection prevalence (≥70%) with equal or higher nematode than cestode prevalence. Mastomys coucha, however, showed significantly lower cestode prevalence than Rattus species where they co-occur. Interspecific transmission of helminths likely occurs between invasive and indigenous rodents, and these rodents harbour several helminths that have zoonotic implications.

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Helminth composition and prevalence of indigenous and invasive synanthropic murid rodents in urban areas of Gauteng Province, South Africa

Julius¹,

Schwan

Chimimba³

2017

J. Helminthol.

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Comparative population genetics of a parasitic nematode and its host community: The trichostrongylid Neoheligmonella granjoni and Mastomys rodents in southeastern Senegal

Brouat

Tatard

Machín

et al. 2011

International Journal for Parasitology

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A New Species ofSpiruraBlanchard, 1849 (Nematoda: Spiruridae) Parasite ofHeliosciurus gambianusandXerus erythropus(Rodentia: Sciuridae) in Senegal

Diouf

Seck

Bâ

et al. 2013

Journal of Parasitology

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A new species of Spirura is described from the stomach of Heliosciurus gambianus and Xerus erythropus (Sciuridae). Considering the number of preanal papillae of males, Babero (1973 ) and Giannetto and Canestri Trotti (1995) proposed the subdivision of the genus into 2 groups; those with 4 pairs of preanal papillae (25 species) and with more than 4 pairs of preanal papillae (4 species). Spirura mounporti n. sp. belongs to the second, with 5 pairs of preanal papillae, and differs from Spirura infundibuliformis (McLeod, 1933) Anderson et al., 1993 , Spirura zapi ( Erickson, 1938 ) Chabaud et al., 1965 , Spirura leiperi Gupta and Trivedi, 1985, and Spirura michiganensis Sandground, 1935 in the number of pairs of pre-cloacal papillae. The new species further differs from other species of the genus in having 21 caudal papillae, in the ratio of spicules:body length, and in its morpho-anatomical characters.

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Description of two new species of Nippostrongylinae (Nematoda: Heligmonellidae) coparasites in three sympatric species ofMastomysspp. (Rodentia: Muridae) from Senegal

Cited by 4 publications

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Helminth composition and prevalence of indigenous and invasive synanthropic murid rodents in urban areas of Gauteng Province, South Africa

Helminth composition and prevalence of indigenous and invasive synanthropic murid rodents in urban areas of Gauteng Province, South Africa

Comparative population genetics of a parasitic nematode and its host community: The trichostrongylid Neoheligmonella granjoni and Mastomys rodents in southeastern Senegal

A New Species ofSpiruraBlanchard, 1849 (Nematoda: Spiruridae) Parasite ofHeliosciurus gambianusandXerus erythropus(Rodentia: Sciuridae) in Senegal

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