Molecular Investigation Confirms Myotis Genus Bats as Common Hosts of Polychromophilus in Brazil.

ABSTRACT: Plasmodium spp. and some other blood parasites belonging to the order Haemosporida are the focus of many epidemiological studies worldwide. However, haemosporidian parasites from wild animals are largely neglected in scientific research. For example, Polychromophilus parasites, which are exclusive to bats, are described in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania, but little is known about their presence and genetic diversity in the New World. In this study, 224 samples of bats from remaining fragments of the Atlantic Forest and Pantanal biomes, as well as urbanized areas in southern and southeastern Brazil, were analyzed for the presence of haemosporidian parasites by PCR of the mitochondrial gene that encodes cytochrome b (cytb). The PCR fragments of the positive samples we

SUBMITTER: Mathias BDS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10303132 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature