Host specificity of Hepatocystis infection in short-nosed fruit bats (Cynopterus brachyotis) in Singapore.

ABSTRACT: Haemosporidians infect a wide diversity of bat genera and species, yet little is known about their transmission cycles or epidemiology. Though several recent studies have focused on the genus Hepatocystis, an Old World parasite primarily infecting bats, monkeys, and squirrels, this group is still understudied with little known about its transmission and molecular ecology. These parasites lack an asexual erythrocytic stage, making them unique from the Plasmodium vertebrate life cycle. In this study, we detected a prevalence of 31% of Hepatocystis in short-nosed fruit bats (Cynopterus brachyotis) in Singapore. Phylogenetic reconstruction with a partial cytochrome b sequence revealed a monophyletic group of Hepatocystis from C. brachyotis in Ma

SUBMITTER: Low DHW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8081878 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature