Morphological and molecular characterization of Apatemon sp. infecting killifish in Mozambique

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081766%3A_____%2F19%3A00507639" target="_blank" >RIV/68081766:_____/19:00507639 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14310/19:00108138 RIV/00216208:11310/19:10399638
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2019.101967" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2019.101967</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2019.101967" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.parint.2019.101967</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Morphological and molecular characterization of Apatemon sp. infecting killifish in Mozambique
Original language description
Strigeid trematodes of the genus Apatemon Szidat, 1928 are intestinal parasites of fish-eating birds, utilizing various fish species as second intermediate hosts. In this study, we report morphometrical and molecular characterization of Apatemon sp. metacercariae parasitizing killifish Nothobranchius furzeri (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) in south-east Mozambique. Metacercariae obtained from the cerebral cavity of killifish and two adult individuals isolated from experimentally infected ducklings were used for detailed morphological and molecular description, both resulting in generic affiliation to Apatemon. This is the first molecularly confirmed record of this trematode genus in Africa. Considering the morphological variability and wide host range of individual Apatemon species, the combination of both morphological and molecular analyses is indispensable for valid identification of this parasite. The results of our molecular analysis together with phylogenetic reconstruction indicated the presence of a new African lineage, reflecting potentially high diversity within the genus Apatemon comparable with other digenean genera.
Czech name
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Czech description
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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

Project
<a href="/en/project/GBP505%2F12%2FG112" target="_blank" >GBP505/12/G112: ECIP - European Centre of Ichtyoparasitology</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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