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Discovery of trypanosomatid parasites in globally distributed Drosophila species.
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- Vickermania gen. nov., trypanosomatids that use two joined flagella to resist midgut peristaltic flow within the fly host.BMC biology · 2020Article
- Genomic Analysis of European Drosophila melanogaster Populations Reveals Longitudinal Structure, Continent-Wide Selection, and Previously Unknown DNA Viruses.Molecular biology and evolution · 2020Article
- Natural infection by the protozoan Leptomonas wallacei impacts the morphology, physiology, reproduction, and lifespan of the insect Oncopeltus fasciatus.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Future Prospects in the Treatment of Parasitic Diseases: 2-Amino-1,3,4-Thiadiazoles in Leishmaniasis.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
- Infection Dynamics and Immune Response in a Newly Described Drosophila-Trypanosomatid Association.mBio · 2015Article
- An evaluation of the ecological relationship between Drosophila species and their parasitoid wasps as an opportunity for horizontal transposon transfer.Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG · 2015Article
- Multiorganismal insects: diversity and function of resident microorganisms.Annual review of entomology · 2015Review
- Insights from natural host-parasite interactions: the Drosophila model.Developmental and comparative immunology · 2014Review
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Abstract
Microbial parasites of animals include bacteria, viruses, and various unicellular eukaryotes. Because of the difficulty in studying these microorganisms in both humans and disease vectors, laboratory models are commonly used for experimental analysis of host-parasite interactions. Drosophila is one such model that has made significant contributions to our knowledge of bacterial, fungal, and viral infections. Despite this, less is known about other potential parasites associated with natural Drosophila populations. Here, we surveyed sixteen Drosophila populations comprising thirteen species from four continents and Hawaii and found that they are associated with an extensive diversity of trypanosomatids (Euglenozoa, Kinetoplastea). Phylogenetic analysis finds that Drosophila-associated trypanosomatids are closely related to taxa that are responsible for various types of leishmaniases and more distantly related to the taxa responsible for human African trypanosomiasis and Chagas disease. We suggest that Drosophila may provide a powerful system for studying the interactions between trypanosomatids and their hosts.
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