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. 2015 Dec 15;214(3-4):342-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.10.016. Epub 2015 Oct 20.

High prevalence of Trypanosoma vegrandis in bats from Western Australia

Jill M Austen  1 , Mark O'Dea  1 , Bethany Jackson  1 , Una Ryan  2
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High prevalence of Trypanosoma vegrandis in bats from Western Australia

Jill M Austen et al. Vet Parasitol. .

Abstract

The present study describes the first report of Trypanosoma vegrandis in bats using morphology and sequence analysis of the 18S rRNA gene. The PCR prevalence of T. vegrandis in bats was 81.8% (18/22). The high prevalence of T. vegrandis in the present study suggests that bats may play an important role in the epidemiology of T. vegrandis in Australia. T. vegrandis appears to be geographically dispersed, has a wide distribution in Australia and low levels of host specificity.

Keywords: 18S rRNA; Bats; T. vegrandis; Trypanosome.

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Light photomicrograph of trypanosome stages of T. vegrandis in a Modified Wright’s stained blood films from a bat (isolate 15-4). Scale bars represent 10 μm.
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Neighbour Joining (NJ) analysis of the relationships between Trypanosoma spp. and bat-derived T. vegrandis at the 18S rRNA locus (421 bp). Percentage support (>50%) from 500 replicates is indicated at the left of the supported node.
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