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Phylogenetic congruence of Plasmodium spp. and wild ungulate hosts in the Peruvian Amazon (2024)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Ulloa, Gabriela M.

Greenwood, Alex D. (WE 12)

Cornejo, Omar E.

Monteiro, Frederico Ozanan Barros

Scofield, Alessandra

Santolalla Robles, Meddly L.

Lescano, Andres G.

Mayor, Pedro

Quelle

Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases ; MEEGID

Bandzählung: 118

Seiten: 105554

ISSN: 1567-1348

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1567134824000054

DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2024.105554

Pubmed: 38246398

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Abstract / Zusammenfassung

Malaria parasites are known to infect a variety of vertebrate hosts, including ungulates. However, ungulates of Amazonia have not been investigated. We report for the first time, the presence of parasite lineages closely related to Plasmodium odocoilei clade 1 and clade 2 in free-ranging South American red-brocket deer (Mazama americana; 44.4%, 4/9) and gray-brocket deer (Mazama nemorivaga; 50.0%, 1/2). We performed PCR-based analysis of blood samples from 47 ungulates of five different species collected during subsistence hunting by an indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon. We detected Plasmodium malariae/brasilianum lineage in a sample from red-brocket deer. However, no parasite DNA was detected in collared peccary (Pecari tajacu; 0.0%, 0/10), white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari; 0.0%, 0/15), and tapir (Tapirus terrestris; 0.0%, 0/11). Concordant phylogenetic analyses suggested a possible co-evolutionary relationship between the Plasmodium lineages found in American deer and their hosts.