Under the light: high prevalence of haemoparasites in lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from Central Amazonia revealed by microscopy
Título del documento: Under the light: high prevalence of haemoparasites in lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from Central Amazonia revealed by microscopy
Revista: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000436085
ISSN: 0001-3765
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 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
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Volumen: 92
Número: 2
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés 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
Disciplinas: Biología
Palabras clave: Anfibios y reptiles,
Parasitología,
Lagartijas,
Hemoparásitos,
Morfología,
Lacertilia,
Amazonas
Keyword: Amphibians and reptiles,
Parasitology,
Lizards,
Blood parasites,
Morphology,
Lacertilia,
Amazon
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