Hepatozoon (Eucoccidiorida: Hepatozoidae) in wild mammals of the Americas: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The study of parasites provides insight into intricate ecological relationships in ecosystem dynamics, food web structures, and evolution on multiple scales. Hepatozoon Eucoccidiorida: Hepatozoidae) is a genus of protozoan hemoparasites with heteroxenous life cycles that switch infections between vertebrates and blood-feeding invertebrates. The most comprehensive review of the genus was published 26 years ago, and currently there are no harmonized data on the epizootiology, diagnostics, genotyping methods, evolutionary relationships, and genetic diversity of Hepatozoon in the Americas.

Methods

Here, we provide a comprehensive review based on the PRISMA method regarding Hepatozoon in wild mammals within the American continent, in order to generate a framework for f

SUBMITTER: Thomas R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10916324 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature