Molecular evidence of Monocercomonas and Acanthamoeba in the feces of captive reptiles
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F22%3A00564291" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/22:00564291 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/22:10457209
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-022-07677-3" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-022-07677-3</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-022-07677-3" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00436-022-07677-3</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Molecular evidence of Monocercomonas and Acanthamoeba in the feces of captive reptiles
Original language description
Reptiles are frequently kept as pet animals. They are considered as important reservoirs of protozoa with veterinary-medical significance. At a reptile farm in Ireland, fecal samples were collected from 98 captive reptiles, representing 43 species of three orders (Squamata, Testudines, and Crocodylia). After DNA extraction, all samples were screened by conventional PCRs, targeting the ribosomal small subunit (SSU) RNA and alpha-tubulin genes of trichomonads and SSU RNA gene of Acanthamoeba spp. One leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius) was positive for a not yet reported species/genotype of the genus Monocercomonas, different from M. colubrorum. Various Acanthamoeba genotypes were detected in six reptilian species, i.e., Acanthamoeba genotype T11 in Eunectes notaeus and Heloderma suspectum/horridum, genotype T4 in Varanus exanthematicus, Chlamydosaurus kingii, and Macrochelys temminckii, and the genotype T13 in Iguana iguana. Some of these amoeba species might have clinicopathological significance in both humans and animals. Our findings highlight the importance to monitor pathogenic protozoa in pet as well as wildlife reptiles, as a source of possible infection for animals and humans living nearby.
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
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
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
121
Issue of the periodical within the volume
12
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
3681-3687
UT code for WoS article
000862747600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85139131979