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ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS
卷 92, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
ACAD BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS
DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202020200428
关键词
Biodiversity; blood parasites; Lacertilia; morphology; Neotropics
资金
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas (FAPEAM)
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
- CAPES [001]
- CNPq [461.573/2014-8, 429.132/2016-6]
- Excellence Program in Basic and Applied Health Research [PROEP FIOCRUZ FAPEAM 001/2014]
Blood samples from 330 lizards of 19 species were collected to investigate the occurrence of haemoparasites. Samplings were performed in areas of upland (terra-firme) forest adjacent to Manaus municipality, Amazonas, Brazil. Blood parasites were detected in 220 (66%) lizards of 12 species and comprised four major groups: Apicomplexa (including haemogregarines, piroplasms, and haemosporidians), trypanosomatids, microfilarid nematodes and viral or bacterial organisms. Order Haemosporida had the highest prevalence, with 118 (35%) animals from 11 species. For lizard species, Uranoscodon superciliosus was the most parasitised host, with 103 (87%; n = 118) positive individuals. This species also presented the highest parasite diversity, with the occurrence of six taxa. Despite the difficulties attributed by many authors regarding the use of morphological characters for taxonomic resolution of haemoparasites, our low-cost approach using light microscopy recorded a high prevalence and diversity of blood parasite taxa in a relatively small number of host species. This report is the first survey of haemoparasites in lizards in the study region. It revealed a high diversity of lizard haemoparasites and highlights the need to understand their impacts on hosts.
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