| Journal: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000436085 |
| ISSN: | 0001-3765 |
| Authors: | Picelli, Amanda M1 Ramires, Adriane C2 Masseli, Gabriel S3 Pessoa, Felipe A.C4 Viana, Lucio A5 Kaefer, Igor L1 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Zoologia, Manaus, Amazonas. Brasil 2Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Manaus, Amazonas. Brasil 3Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ecologia, Manaus, Amazonas. Brasil 4Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Leonidas e Maria Deane, Manaus, Amazonas. Brasil 5Universidade Federal do Amapa, Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude, Macapa, Amapa. Brasil |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Volumen: | 92 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | Blood samples from 330 lizards of 19 species were collected to investigate the occurrence of haemoparasites. Samplings were performed in areas of upland (terra-firme) forest adjacent to Manaus municipality, Amazonas, Brazil. Blood parasites were detected in 220 (66%) lizards of 12 species and comprised four major groups: Apicomplexa (including haemogregarines, piroplasms, and haemosporidians), trypanosomatids, microfilarid nematodes and viral or bacterial organisms. Order Haemosporida had the highest prevalence, with 118 (35%) animals from 11 species. For lizard species, Uranoscodon superciliosus was the most parasitised host, with 103 (87%; n = 118) positive individuals. This species also presented the highest parasite diversity, with the occurrence of six taxa. Despite the difficulties attributed by many authors regarding the use of morphological characters for taxonomic resolution of haemoparasites, our low-cost approach using light microscopy recorded a high prevalence and diversity of blood parasite taxa in a relatively small number of host species. This report is the first survey of haemoparasites in lizards in the study region. It revealed a high diversity of lizard haemoparasites and highlights the need to understand their impacts on hosts |
| Disciplines: | Biología |
| Keyword: | Anfibios y reptiles, Parasitología, Lagartijas, Hemoparásitos, Morfología, Lacertilia, Amazonas |
| Keyword: | Amphibians and reptiles, Parasitology, Lizards, Blood parasites, Morphology, Lacertilia, Amazon |
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