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Parasitic nematodes of the genus Syphacia Seurat, 1916 infecting Muridae in the British Isles, and the peculiar case of Syphacia frederici

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posted on 2018-08-31, 00:00 authored by A Stewart, A Lowe, L Smales, A Bajer, J Bradley, D Dwużnik, F Franssen, J Griffith, P Stuart, C Turner
Syphacia stroma (von Linstow, 1884) Morgan, 1932 and Syphacia frederici Roman, 1945 are oxyurid nematodes that parasitize two murid rodents, Apodemus sylvaticus and Apodemus flavicollis, on the European mainland. Only S. stroma has been recorded previously in Apodemus spp. from the British Isles. Despite the paucity of earlier reports, we identified S. frederici in four disparate British sites, two in Nottinghamshire, one each in Berkshire and Anglesey, Wales. Identification was based on their site in the host (caecum and not small intestine), on key morphological criteria that differentiate this species from S. stroma (in particular the tail of female worms) and by sequencing two genetic loci (cytochrome C oxidase 1 gene and a section of ribosomal DNA). Sequences derived from both genetic loci of putative British S. frederici isolates formed a tight clade with sequences from continental worms known to be S. frederici, clearly distinguishing these isolates from S. stroma which formed a tight clade of its own, distinct from clades representative of Syphacia obvelata from Mus and S. muris from Rattus. The data in this paper therefore constitute the first record of S. frederici from British wood mice, and confirm the status of this species as distinct from both S. obvelata and S. stroma. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017.

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Volume

145

Issue

3

Start Page

269

End Page

280

Number of Pages

12

eISSN

1469-8161

ISSN

0031-1820

Peer Reviewed

  • Yes

Open Access

  • No

External Author Affiliations

University of Surrey; University of Nottingham; South Australian Museum; University of Warsaw; National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM); Trinity College Dublin; Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences

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Journal

Parasitology

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