Trypanosomatids in European bison (Bison bonasus): insights from biting midges and tissue screening
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F25%3A10500045" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/25:10500045 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Or0BKlNm3Z" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Or0BKlNm3Z</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10344-025-01960-1" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10344-025-01960-1</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Trypanosomatids in European bison (Bison bonasus): insights from biting midges and tissue screening
Original language description
While leishmaniases have long been established in southern Europe, increasing cases have also been reported in Central Europe. A recent serological study in Poland suggested the presence of Leishmania spp. in European bison (Bison bonasus). To verify this, we screened both Culicoides biting midges and European bison tissues for Leishmania DNA. Biting midges were collected in the Bia & lstrok;owieska Forest, where we identified ten species, with Culicoides obsoletus and C. pictipennis being the most abundant. However, none of the 129 biting midges or 63 European bison tissue samples tested positive for Leishmania DNA. In contrast, Culicoides midges were found to carry Trypanosoma theileri and the monoxenous trypanosomatid Herpetomonas ztiplika. Moreover, T. theileri was detected in three European bison, marking the first molecular confirmation of this parasite in this host. Given the absence of Leishmania DNA in both European bison and biting midges, we propose that the previous serological findings may have resulted from cross-reactivity with T. theileri rather than a true Leishmania infection.
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
10600 - Biological sciences
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
European Journal of Wildlife Research
ISSN
1612-4642
e-ISSN
1439-0574
Volume of the periodical
71
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
80
UT code for WoS article
001531970600002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105011162545