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ArticleParasitology2020

Infection of

Diane P Barton, Paolo Martelli, William Luk, Xiaocheng Zhu, Shokoofeh Shamsi

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Article in Parasitology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Diane P BartonSchool of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
Paolo MartelliOcean Park Corporation, 180 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong.
William LukOcean Park Corporation, 180 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong.
Xiaocheng ZhuSchool of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
Shokoofeh ShamsiSchool of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8606-6400

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here we report on the infection of captive crested geckos Correlophus ciliatus Guichenot (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae), with adults of the ascaridoid nematode, Hexametra angusticaecoides Chabaud & Brygoo, 1960 (Ascarididae). A population of captive crested geckoes became ill and died within a short period of time. Nematodes were recovered from the crested geckoes examined from within the coelomic cavity, penetrating various organs and migrating through subcutaneous tissues, as well as emerging through the geckos' skin. One gecko was treated with levamisole following surgical excision of nematodes from under the skin; this gecko survived. The potential source of the nematode infection in the captive geckoes is discussed. It is most likely that wild-caught Madagascan mossy geckoes, Uroplatus sikorae Boettger (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), introduced the infection to the colony. Molecular sequences of the nematodes are the first produced for the members of this genus. A redescription of the species and its genetic characterization based on the internal transcribed spacer sequence data is provided, suggesting some of the morphological criteria that have been used in the past to distinguish between Hexametra spp. may have been intraspecific morphological variations.

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LizardsAnimalsAnimals, ZooAscaridida InfectionsAscaridoideaFemaleHong KongMaleAscaridoideacaptiveHexametramolecular sequencingmorphologyreptile

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PMID32046802
PMCPMC10317624

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