Hepatozoon in Eurasian red squirrels Sciurus vulgaris, its taxonomic identity, and phylogenetic placement
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Alternative codes found
RIV/60077344:_____/21:00554315 RIV/62157124:16170/21:43879117 RIV/00216208:11140/21:10432876 RIV/00216208:11310/21:10432876 and 3 more
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-021-07229-1" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-021-07229-1</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07229-1" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00436-021-07229-1</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Hepatozoon in Eurasian red squirrels Sciurus vulgaris, its taxonomic identity, and phylogenetic placement
Original language description
Adeleorid apicomplexan parasites of the genus Hepatozoon Miller, 1908 are broadly distributed among the rodents. Broader molecular data on Hepatozoon from Palaearctic squirrels are necessary for evaluation of diversity and origin of Hepatozoon in Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris populations, considering ongoing invasion by Gray squirrel S. carolinensis. Our report brings a set of molecular data from a population of S. vulgaris in the Czech Republic, non-invaded by any invasive squirrel species. Cadavers of 41 Eurasian red squirrels were examined using nested PCR targeting 18S rRNA gene; 30 animals tested positive for the presence of Hepatozoon spp. DNA in at least one tissue. Phylogenetic analysis of obtained sequence types revealed relatedness to sequences of Hepatozoon sp. from S. vulgaris from Spain and the Netherlands, forming a sister clade to Hepatozoon isolates from other European rodents. The fact that all available 18S rRNA gene sequences form a monophyletic clade is interpreted as a presence of a single Hepatozoon species in S. vulgaris in continental Europe, most probably Hepatozoon sciuri. The presented molecular data on the Hepatozoon from European squirrels provides a basis for future studies on possible exchange of Hepatozoon species between Eurasian red and gray squirrels.
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
30310 - Parasitology
Result continuities
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)
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Parasitology Research
ISSN
0932-0113
e-ISSN
1432-1955
Volume of the periodical
12
Issue of the periodical within the volume
8
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
5
Pages from-to
2989–2993
UT code for WoS article
000679642400003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85112641976