European ground squirrels Spermophilus citellus (Linnaeus) do not share identical Cryptosporidium spp. with North American ground squirrels
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F23%3A00574454" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/23:00574454 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60076658:12220/23:43907420 RIV/60076658:12310/23:43907420
Result on the web
<a href="https://folia.paru.cas.cz/artkey/fol-202301-0016_european_ground_squirrels_spermophilus_citellus_linnaeus_do_not_share_identical_cryptosporidium_spp_with_nor.php" target="_blank" >https://folia.paru.cas.cz/artkey/fol-202301-0016_european_ground_squirrels_spermophilus_citellus_linnaeus_do_not_share_identical_cryptosporidium_spp_with_nor.php</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14411/fp.2023.016" target="_blank" >10.14411/fp.2023.016</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
European ground squirrels Spermophilus citellus (Linnaeus) do not share identical Cryptosporidium spp. with North American ground squirrels
Original language description
Cryptosporidium Tyzzer, 1910 is one of the most common protistan parasites of vertebrates. The results of this study provide the first data on Cryptosporidium diversity in the European ground squirrel Spermophilus citellus (Linnaeus). A total of 128 faecal samples of European ground squirrels from 39 localities in the Czech Republic were analysed for the presence of Cryptosporidium spp. by microscopy and PCR/sequence analysis of small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU) and the actin gene. While the microscopical examination did not reveal the presence of any Cryptosporidium oocysts, eight samples from six localities were PCR-positive. Phylogenetic analyses revealed the presence of five different Cryptosporidium spp. isolates. Four isolates, designated as Cryptosporidium sp. isolate Sc01-04, detected in wild populations and never recorded before, clustered closely to Cryptosporidium genotypes that have previously been found in North American ground squirrels' species. Cryptosporidium sciurinum Prediger, Jezkova, Holubova, Sak, KonecnATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE, Rost, McEvoy, RajskATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE et Kvac, 2021 was found in an animal sanctuary. Because C. sciurinum had previously been detected in Eurasian red squirrels Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus at the same facility, it can be concluded that this Cryptosporidium was transmitted from tree squirrels to ground squirrels within the animal sanctuary. The results indicate that populations of European and North American ground squirrels are parasitised by different Cryptosporidium spp. At the same time, this is the first description of the occurrence of C. sciurinum in ground 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
40301 - Veterinary science
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA21-23773S" target="_blank" >GA21-23773S: Gastric Cryptosporidium of mammals: Revealing the mystery of host adaptation and gene regulation during infection</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Folia Parasitologica
ISSN
0015-5683
e-ISSN
1803-6465
Volume of the periodical
70
Issue of the periodical within the volume
JULY
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
016
UT code for WoS article
001043959800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85167719274