dc.contributor.author | Netherlands, Edward C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Cook, Courtney A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Du Preez, Louis H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Brendonck, Luc | |
dc.contributor.author | Smit, Nico J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-20T09:01:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-08-20T09:01:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Netherlands, E.C. et al. 2018. Monophyly of the species of Hepatozoon (Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae) parasitizing (African) anurans, with the description of three new species from hyperoliid frogs in South Africa. Parasitology, 145(8):1039-1050. [https://doi.org/10.1017/ S003118201700213X] | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0031-1820 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1469-8161 (Online) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/30733 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/parasitology/article/monophyly-of-the-species-of-hepatozoon-adeleorina-hepatozoidae-parasitizing-african-anurans-with-the-description-of-three-new-species-from-hyperoliid-frogs-in-south-africa/7981355ED0B0DE567067F00EDD5C1582 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1017/ S003118201700213X | |
dc.description.abstract | Haemogregarines (Apicomplexa: Adeleiorina) are a diverse group of haemoparasites reported
from almost all vertebrate classes. The most commonly recorded haemogregarines to parasitize
anurans are species of Hepatozoon Miller, 1908. To date 16 Hepatozoon species have been
described from anurans in Africa, with only a single species, Hepatozoon hyperolli (Hoare,
1932), infecting a member of the Hyperoliidae. Furthermore, only two Hepatozoon species
are known from South African anurans, namely Hepatozoon theileri (Laveran, 1905) and
Hepatozoon ixoxo Netherlands, Cook and Smit, 2014, from Amietia delalandii (syn. Amietia
quecketti) and three Sclerophrys species, respectively. Blood samples were collected from a
total of 225 individuals representing nine hyperoliid species from several localities throughout
northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Twenty frogs from three species were found positive
for haemogregarines, namely Afrixalus fornasinii (6/14), Hyperolius argus (2/39), and
Hyperolius marmoratus (12/74). Based on morphological characteristics, morphometrics and
molecular findings three new haemogregarine species, Hepatozoon involucrum Netherlands,
Cook and Smit n. sp., Hepatozoon tenuis Netherlands, Cook and Smit n. sp. and Hepatozoon
thori Netherlands, Cook and Smit n. sp., are described from hyperoliid hosts. Furthermore,
molecular analyses show anuran Hepatozoon species to be a separate monophyletic group,
with species isolated from African hosts forming a monophyletic clade within this cluster | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Cambridge Univ Press | en_US |
dc.subject | Afrixalus | en_US |
dc.subject | Amphibia | en_US |
dc.subject | Apicomplexan | en_US |
dc.subject | Blood parasite | en_US |
dc.subject | Haemogregarine | en_US |
dc.subject | Hyperoliidae | en_US |
dc.subject | Hyperolius | en_US |
dc.subject | Morphology | en_US |
dc.subject | Phylogenetic analysis | en_US |
dc.title | Monophyly of the species of Hepatozoon (Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae) parasitizing (African) anurans, with the description of three new species from hyperoliid frogs in South Africa | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.contributor.researchID | 21714363 - Netherlands, Edward Charles | |
dc.contributor.researchID | 24492272 - Cook, Courtney Antonia | |
dc.contributor.researchID | 12308218 - Du Preez, Louis Heyns | |
dc.contributor.researchID | 29898382 - Brendonck, Luc Gerard Eric | |
dc.contributor.researchID | 21250545 - Smit, Nicholas Jacobus | |