RT Journal Article
T1 First report of Setaria tundra in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) from the Iberian Peninsula inferred from molecular data: epidemiological implications
A1 Angelone, Samer
A1 Jowers, Michael J.
A1 Panadero Fontán, Rosario
A1 Pérez-Creo, Ana
A1 Pajares, Gerardo
A1 Díez Baños, Pablo
A1 Soriguer, Ramon
A1 Morrondo Pelayo, María Patrocinio
K1 Filarioid
K1 Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1)
K1 Phylogenetics
K1 Epidemiology
K1 Climate change
K1 Bayesian inference analysis
AB BackgroundFilarioid nematode parasites are major health hazards with important medical, veterinary and economic implications. Recently, they have been considered as indicators of climate change.FindingsIn this paper, we report the first record of Setaria tundra in roe deer from the Iberian Peninsula. Adult S. tundra were collected from the peritoneal cavity during the post-mortem examination of a 2 year-old male roe deer, which belonged to a private fenced estate in La Alcarria (Guadalajara, Spain). Since 2012, the area has suffered a high roe deer decline rate (75 %), for unknown reasons. Aiming to support the morphological identification and to determine the phylogenetic position of S. tundra recovered from the roe deer, a fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) gene from the two morphologically identified parasites was amplified, sequenced and compared with corresponding sequences of other filarioid nematode species. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that the isolate of S. tundra recovered was basal to all other formely reported Setaria tundra sequences. The presence of all other haplotypes in Northern Europe may be indicative of a South to North outbreak in Europe.ConclusionsThis is the first report of S. tundra in roe deer from the Iberian Peninsula, with interesting phylogenetic results, which may have further implications in the epidemiological and genetic studies of these filarioid parasites. More studies are needed to explore the reasons and dynamics behind the rapid host/geographic expansion of the filarioid parasites in Europe
PB BioMedCentral
YR 2016
FD 2016-09-29
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/16257
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/16257
LA eng
NO Angelone-Alasaad, S., Jowers, M., Panadero, R., Pérez-Creo, A., Pajares, G., & Díez-Baños, P. et al. (2016). First report of Setaria tundra in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) from the Iberian Peninsula inferred from molecular data: epidemiological implications. Parasites & Vectors, 9(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1793-x
NO This work was supported by the Programme for Consolidating and StructuringCompetitive Research Groups (GRC2015/003, Xunta de Galicia). Molecularanalyses were carried out in the LEM of EBD, CSIC and funded by RNM 118;Junta Andalucia
DS Minerva
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