Nuclear and Mitochondrial Data on Trichuris from Macaca fuscata Support Evidence of Host Specificity.

ABSTRACT: Whipworms are parasitic intestinal nematodes infecting mammals, and traditionally humans and other primates that have so far been considered infected by Trichuris trichiura. Recent molecular studies report a more complex scenario suggesting the presence of a species complex with several Trichuris taxa specifically infecting only one primate species as well as taxa able to infect a range of primate species. The systematics of the group is important for taxonomic inference, to estimate the relative zoonotic potential, and for conservation purposes. In fact, captive animals living in zoological gardens are usually infected by persistent monoxenous intestinal parasites. Here, two Japanese macaques living in the Bioparco Zoological Garden of Rome were found infected by Trichuri

SUBMITTER: Cavallero S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7823418 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature