Babesia vesperuginis, a neglected piroplasmid: new host and geographical records, and phylogenetic relations

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/62157124:16170/17:43875481 RIV/62157124:16810/17:43875481 RIV/60077344:_____/17:00507390

Result on the web

<a href="https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-017-2536-3" target="_blank" >https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-017-2536-3</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2536-3" target="_blank" >10.1186/s13071-017-2536-3</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Babesia vesperuginis, a neglected piroplasmid: new host and geographical records, and phylogenetic relations

Original language description

Background Babesia spp. are hemoparasites which infect the red blood cells of a large variety of mammals. In bats, the only known species of the genus is Babesia vesperuginis. However, except a few old reports, the host range and geographical distribution of this bat parasite have been poorly studied. This study aimed to investigate the presence of piroplasms in tissues of bats collected in four different countries from eastern and central Europe: Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania. Methods A total of 461 bat carcasses (24 species) were collected between 2001 and 2016 from caves, mines and buildings. PCR was performed using specific primers targeting a portion of the 18S rDNA nuclear gene and cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 mitochondrial gene, followed by sequencing. Results The results of this study show for the first time the presence of B. vesperuginis in bats in central and eastern Europe. The phylogenetic analysis of the 18S rDNA nuclear gene revealed no variability between the sequences and the phylogenetic analysis of the cox1 mitochondrial gene proved that B. vesperuginis could be divided into two subclades. Conclusion Our study showed a broad geographical distribution of B. vesperuginis in European bats, reporting its presence in five new host species (M. cf. alcathoe, M. bechsteinii, M. myotis, Pi. nathusii and V. murinus) and three new countries.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10606 - Microbiology

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

PARASITES & VECTORS

ISSN

1756-3305

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

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Issue of the periodical within the volume

10

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

598

UT code for WoS article

000417502100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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