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Hepatozoon caimani in Caiman crocodilus yacare (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae) from North Pantanal, Brazil

Overview of attention for article published in Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, August 2017
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Title
Hepatozoon caimani in Caiman crocodilus yacare (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae) from North Pantanal, Brazil
Published in
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, August 2017
DOI 10.1590/s1984-29612017041
Pubmed ID
28902260
Authors

Andréa Bouer, Marcos Rogério André, Luiz Ricardo Gonçalves, Mayara de Cássia Luzzi, Juliana Paula de Oliveira, Adriana Carlos Rodrigues, Alessandro de Melo Varani, Vitor Fernandes Oliveira de Miranda, Lívia Perles, Karin Werther, Rosangela Zacarias Machado

Abstract

Hepatozoon species are the most common intracellular hemoparasite found in reptiles. Hepatozoon caimani, whose vectors are Culex mosquitoes, has been detected in a high prevalence among caimans in Brazil by blood smears examinations. The present work aimed to detect and characterize the Hepatozoon spp. found in 33 caimans (24 free-ranging and 9 captive; 28 males and 5 females) (Caiman crocodilus yacare) sampled at Poconé, North Pantanal, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, using blood smears examinations and molecular techniques. Hepatozoon spp.-gametocytes were found in 70.8% (17/24) and 88.8% (8/9) of blood smears from free-ranging and captive caimans, respectively. Hepatozoon spp. 18S rRNA DNA was found in 79.2% (19/24) and 88.8% (8/9) of free-ranging and captive caimans, respectively. Comparative analysis of parasitized and non-parasitized erythrocytes showed that all analyzed features were significantly different (P<0.05) for both linear and area dimensions. Phylogenetic analysis based on 18S rRNA sequences grouped the Hepatozoon spp. sequences detected in the present study together with H. caimani, recently detected in caimans in southern Pantanal.

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Unknown 26 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Professor 5 19%
Student > Master 5 19%
Student > Bachelor 2 8%
Researcher 2 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 8%
Other 3 12%
Unknown 7 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 6 23%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 23%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 8%
Arts and Humanities 1 4%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 4%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 9 35%

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#14,955,443
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