Xenoma-like formations induced by Soricimyxum fegati (Myxosporea) in three species of shrews (Soricomorpha: Soricidae), including records of new hosts

Title:

Xenoma-like formations induced by Soricimyxum fegati (Myxosporea) in three species of shrews (Soricomorpha: Soricidae), including records of new hosts

Creator:

Dyková, Iva, Tyml, Tomáš, and Kostka, Martin

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:2fecb982-3295-4186-acb4-8f2341ff8c4a
uuid:2fecb982-3295-4186-acb4-8f2341ff8c4a
doi:10.14411/fp.2011.024

Subject:

Soricimyxum fegati infections, xenoma-like formations, shrews, Sorex araneus, Sorex minutus, and Crocidura suaveolens

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model:article and TEXT

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bez média and svazek

Description:

In South Bohemia, Czech Republic, 178 shrews, including 98 common shrews, Sorex araneus L., 70 pygmy shrews, Sorex minutus L., and 10 lesser white-toothed shrews, Crocidura suaveolens (Pallas), were examined for Soricimyxum fegati Prunescu, Prunescu, Pucek et Lom, 2007 infections, using squash preparations of unfixed tissues, histological sections and molecular methods. The infection was found in 51 (52%) S. araneus, 14 (20%) S. minutus and 1 (10%) C. suaveolens. The records of the latter two species extend host range of S. fegati. Lesions associated with S. fegati infections in the liver, the organ of specific localisation of the parasite, were found to be induced by proliferative stages migrating toward lumina of bile ducts. In other organs of these three host species, xenoma-like formations (XLFs) were found that severely injured blood vessels. XLFs contained presporogonic stages of S. fegati, whose species identity was evidenced using molecular methods.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

249-256

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2011 Volume:58 | Number:4

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CDK

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