Amirthalingamia macracantha
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F24%3A00604825" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/24:00604825 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2024.01.008" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2024.01.008</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2024.01.008" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.pt.2024.01.008</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Amirthalingamia macracantha
Original language description
The tapeworm Amirthalingamia macracantha is a parasite of African cormorants whose larvae infect tilapia and other cichlids. Tilapia are the second most important group of farmed fish worldwide. Over the course of a few years, this parasite has successfully spread to the Middle East, infecting fish and bird populations there. This is a unique example of accelerated spillover ('pathogen pollution') of an alien parasite with a complex life cycle involving three hosts (copepods fish birds). Considering the size of the larvae (up to 2 cm) and their localisation in the liver, this parasite poses a potential threat to local communities of wild, endangered cichlids and farmed tilapia. The migration of cormorants between continents poses the risk of further spread of this invasive parasite to other regions. Climate change and the reduction of feeding and resting areas of piscivorous birds near freshwaters could allow the parasite to complete its life cycle in new hosts and regions.
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
10617 - Marine biology, freshwater biology, limnology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GX19-28399X" target="_blank" >GX19-28399X: AQUAPARA-OMICS: Aquatic parasitism meets biomics - addressing key biological questions using novel datasets and modern analytical tools</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Trends in Parasitology
ISSN
1471-4922
e-ISSN
1471-5007
Volume of the periodical
40
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
2
Pages from-to
429-430
UT code for WoS article
001246278300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85184763240