Haemosporidian Parasites of Antelopes and Other Vertebrates from Gabon, Central Africa.

ABSTRACT: Re-examination, using molecular tools, of the diversity of haemosporidian parasites (among which the agents of human malaria are the best known) has generally led to rearrangements of traditional classifications. In this study, we explored the diversity of haemosporidian parasites infecting vertebrate species (particularly mammals, birds and reptiles) living in the forests of Gabon (Central Africa), by analyzing a collection of 492 bushmeat samples. We found that samples from five mammalian species (four duiker and one pangolin species), one bird and one turtle species were infected by haemosporidian parasites. In duikers (from which most of the infected specimens were obtained), we demonstrated the existence of at least two distinct parasite lineages related to Polychromophilus species (i

SUBMITTER: Boundenga L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4749209 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature