Diversity of Babesia spp. in cervid ungulates based on the 18S rDNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I phylogenies
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00027162%3A_____%2F20%3AN0000013" target="_blank" >RIV/00027162:_____/20:N0000013 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60162694:G32__/19:N0000003 RIV/60077344:_____/20:00538106 RIV/00216208:11310/20:10420403 RIV/62157124:16170/20:43878439 and 2 more
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1567134819302862" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1567134819302862</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2019.104060" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.meegid.2019.104060</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Diversity of Babesia spp. in cervid ungulates based on the 18S rDNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I phylogenies
Original language description
Free ranging ungulates, represented in Europe mostly by several deer species, are important hosts for ticks and reservoirs of tick-borne infections. A number of studies have focused on the prevalence of tick borne pathogens in deer chiefly with the aim to determine their potential role as reservoir hosts for important human and livestock pathogens. However, genetic similarity of Babesia spp. forming a group commonly termed as a clade VI that accommodates the deer piroplasms, complicates this task and has led to the description of a bewildering array of poorly characterised strains. This study aims to resolve this issue by using two independent genetic loci, nuclear 18S rRNA and mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I genes, used in parallel to identify Babesia isolates in free-ranging red, sika, and roe deer in two areas of their co-occurrence in the Czech Republic. The COX1 loci, in contrast to 18S rRNA gene, shows a clear difference between interspecific and intraspecific variation at the nucleotide level. The findings confirm B. divergens, Babesia sp. EU1 and B. capreoli in studied deer species as well as common presence of another unnamed species that matches a taxon previously referred to as Babesia sp. or Babesia cf. odocoilei or Babesia CH1 group in several other sites throughout Europe. The invasive sika deers enter the life cycle of at least three piroplasmid species detected in native deer fauna. The presence of B. divergens in both sika and red deer in an area where bovine babesiosis is apparently absent raises important questions regarding the epidemiology, host specificity and taxonomic status of the parasite.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - 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
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LQ1601" target="_blank" >LQ1601: CEITEC 2020</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
ISSN
1567-1348
e-ISSN
1567-7257
Volume of the periodical
77
Issue of the periodical within the volume
JAN 2020
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
104060
UT code for WoS article
000505151400013
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85074796860