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First record of natural Baylisascaris transfuga (Ascaridoidea, Nematoda) infection in wild rodents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 September 2019

Sergey V. Bugmyrin Open the ORCID record for Sergey V. Bugmyrin [Opens in a new window]  and
Sergey E. Spiridonov
Sergey V. Bugmyrin*
Affiliation:
Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, 11 Pushkinskaya St., 185910 Petrozavodsk, Russia
Sergey E. Spiridonov*
Affiliation:
Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, 33 Leninskii prospect, 119071 Moscow, Russia
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Author for correspondence: Sergey V. Bugmyrin, E-mail: sbugmyr@mail.ru; Sergey E. Spiridonov, E-mail: s_e_spiridonov@rambler.ru
Author for correspondence: Sergey V. Bugmyrin, E-mail: sbugmyr@mail.ru; Sergey E. Spiridonov, E-mail: s_e_spiridonov@rambler.ru
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Abstract

The intestinal parasitic nematode, Baylisascaris transfuga, was recorded in wild rodents for the first time. Representatives of four murid species (15 Myodes rufocanus, 10 M. rutilus, 3 M. glareolus and 27 Microtus oeconomus) were collected in the White Sea coastal habitats in the south of the Kola Peninsula, Russia in July 2015 and examined for parasites. Encapsulated nematode larvae were detected in the mesentery and the large intestine wall of one grey-sided vole (M. rufocanus) and one tundra vole (M. oeconomus). Based on morphology, the larvae were identified as belonging to the genus Baylisascaris Sprent 1968. The partial 18S rDNA sequence of the larvae from the voles was obtained and fully corresponded to the sequence of Baylisascaris transfuga in the NCBI GenBank. The ITS rDNA and CoxI mtDNA sequences these larvae were also similar to the respective B. transfuga sequences in GenBank. The presence of B. transfuga in wild rodents suggests that rodents can participate in the B. transfuga life cycle.

Keywords

Baylisascaris transfugaencapsulated larvaeparatenic hostsubarctic habitatsvoles
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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 146 , Special Issue 14: BSP 2018 Autumn Symposium , December 2019 , pp. 1714 - 1718
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