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ArticleParasitology2022

K J A Tsague, E M Bakwo Fils, J P Atagana, N V Dongue, D W Mbeng, J Schaer, T Tchuinkam

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Article in Parasitology, 2022. 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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6citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

K J A TsagueLaboratory of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences of University of Maroua, Maroua, Cameroon.
E M Bakwo FilsLaboratory of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences of University of Maroua, Maroua, Cameroon.
J P AtaganaLaboratory of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences of University of Maroua, Maroua, Cameroon.
N V DongueVector Borne Diseases Laboratory of the Research Unit for Biology and Applied Ecology (VBID-RUBAE), University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon.
D W MbengLaboratory of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences of University of Maroua, Maroua, Cameroon.
J SchaerDepartment of Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6714-5771
T TchuinkamVector Borne Diseases Laboratory of the Research Unit for Biology and Applied Ecology (VBID-RUBAE), University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon.
Université de Dschang · CMUniversity of Maroua · CMHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mammalian haemosporidian parasites are classified in ten genera, including Plasmodium, Hepatocystis and Nycteria. A high diversity of haemosporidian parasites has been described from bats, but our understanding of their prevalence, distribution and use of hosts remain fragmented. The haemosporidian parasites of bats in Cameroon have been largely understudied, but here, bats, sampled from different habitat types of the Central Region of Cameroon, were investigated for haemosporidian infections with a combination of microscopic and molecular phylogenetic analysis. An overall prevalence of 18.1% of haemosporidian infections was detected in a total of 155 investigated bats belonging to 14 bat species. For the first time Hepatocystis and Nycteria parasites were detected in bats from Cameroon and molecularly characterized. Hepatocystis infections were exclusively identified in the epauletted fruit bat host species Epomophorus pusillus with a high prevalence of 65.5%, whereas Nycteria infections could be detected in several hosts, namely: Doryrhina cyclops (60.0%), Rhinolophus landeri (20.0%) and one Nycteris grandis. This study unveils evidence that habitat types may play a role in transmission of Hepatocystis parasites on a local scale and it adds important information on the distribution and host specificity of the neglected haemosporidian genus Nycteria.

Indexed as

Bird DiseasesChiropteraHaemosporidaParasitic DiseasesProtozoan Infections, AnimalAnimalsCameroonPhylogenyBatsChiropteraHaemosporidiaHepatocystisNycteria

Identifiers

PMID35184780
PMCPMC8862134
OpenAlexW3198047943

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