Affiliation:
1. Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
2. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
Abstract
Trypanosoma dionisii, for which only bat bugs (Cimicidae) had previously been demonstrated as vectors, was, for the first time, detected in the gamasine mite Steatonyssus periblepharus in Russia. The molecular phylogenetic analysis indicated that trypanosomes found in these mites belong to the “clade A” of T. dionisii, which, based on genetic distances, can be considered as a species separate from the sister clade B, and according to available data also has a distinct geographic distribution. The presence of developmental forms of T. dionisii resembling those previously described during the development of this trypanosome in cimicids suggests that S. periblepharus is a novel vector of the studied trypanosome.
Funder
Russian Science Foundation
Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
Subject
Virology,Microbiology (medical),Microbiology
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