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dc.contributor.authorNetherlands, Edward C.
dc.contributor.authorCook, Courtney A.
dc.contributor.authorDu Preez, Louis H.
dc.contributor.authorBrendonck, Luc
dc.contributor.authorSmit, Nico J.
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-20T09:01:10Z
dc.date.available2018-08-20T09:01:10Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationNetherlands, 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.issn0031-1820
dc.identifier.issn1469-8161 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/30733
dc.identifier.urihttps://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.urihttps://doi.org/10.1017/ S003118201700213X
dc.description.abstractHaemogregarines (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 clusteren_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge Univ Pressen_US
dc.subjectAfrixalusen_US
dc.subjectAmphibiaen_US
dc.subjectApicomplexanen_US
dc.subjectBlood parasiteen_US
dc.subjectHaemogregarineen_US
dc.subjectHyperoliidaeen_US
dc.subjectHyperoliusen_US
dc.subjectMorphologyen_US
dc.subjectPhylogenetic analysisen_US
dc.titleMonophyly of the species of Hepatozoon (Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae) parasitizing (African) anurans, with the description of three new species from hyperoliid frogs in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID21714363 - Netherlands, Edward Charles
dc.contributor.researchID24492272 - Cook, Courtney Antonia
dc.contributor.researchID12308218 - Du Preez, Louis Heyns
dc.contributor.researchID29898382 - Brendonck, Luc Gerard Eric
dc.contributor.researchID21250545 - Smit, Nicholas Jacobus


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