<i>Leucocytozoon cariamae</i> n. sp. and <i>Haemoproteus pulcher</i> coinfection in <i>Cariama cristata</i> (Aves: Cariamiformes): first mitochondrial genome analysis and morphological description of a leucocytozoid in Brazil.

ABSTRACT: The distribution of avian haemosporidians of the genus Leucocytozoon in the Neotropics remains poorly understood. Recent studies confirmed their presence in the region using molecular techniques alone, but evidence for gametocytes and data on putative competent hosts for Leucocytozoon are still lacking outside highland areas. We combined morphological and molecular data to characterize a new Leucocytozoon species infecting a non-migratory red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata), the first report of a competent host for Leucocytozoon in Brazil. Leucocytozoon cariamae n. sp. is distinguished from the Leucocytozoon fringillinarum group by its microgametocytes that are not strongly appressed to the host cell nucleus. The bird studied was coinfecte

SUBMITTER: Vieira LMC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10941214 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature