First larval record of Mesocestoides in carnivora of Tenerife (Canary Islands) |
| |
Authors: | Foronda Pilar Pérez Rivero Alfredo Santana Morales María A Kabdur Alicia González Ana C Quispe Ricalde M Antonieta Feliu Carlos Valladares Basilio |
| |
Affiliation: | Department of Parasitology, Ecology, and Genetics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of La Laguna, Avda, Astrofísico Fco, Sánchez s/n, 38203 Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. pforonda@ull.es |
| |
Abstract: | Larvae of Mesocestoides sp. were recovered in Tenerife (Canary Islands) in 2004 from the peritoneal cavities of 2 domestic dogs and a domestic cat. Morphological and molecular identification were carried out. Mesocestoides litteratus from Vulpes vulpes was sequenced for the first time using the ITS-2 region (18S rDNA), and was included in the phylogenetic analysis to compare the sequence variability among these and other Mesocestoides spp. belonging to different carnivores. Phylogenetic studies were carried out based on maximum parsimony and neighbor-joining analysis. The results showed the relationships between these and other previously published Mesocestoides species. Moreover, it is demonstrated that Mesocestoides sp. from Tenerife comprises a previously unreported sequence. This is the first larval record of Mesocestoides sp. in domestic animals from Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 PubMed 等数据库收录! |
|