Description and molecular characterisation of Pelecitus copsychi Uni, Mat Udin & Martin n. sp. (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) from the white-rumped shama Copsychus malabaricus (Scopoli) (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae) of Pahang, Malaysia

Description and molecular characterisation of Pelecitus copsychi Uni, Mat Udin & Martin n. sp. (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) from the white-rumped shama Copsychus malabaricus (Scopoli) (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae) of Pahang, Malaysia

Species of the genus Pelecitus Railliet & Henry, 1910 the most widely distributed avian filariae in Africa and South America. Zoonotic cases in humans were reported in South America. While investigating the filarial fauna of wild animals in Malaysia, we discovered an undescribed filaria from...

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Main Authors: Shigehiko Uni, Ahmad Syihan Mat Udin, Poai Ean Tan, Jules Rodrigues, Coralie Martin, Kerstin Junker, Takeshi Agatsuma, Van Lun Low, Yvonne Ai-Lian Lim, Weerachai Saijuntha, Hasmahzaiti Omar, Nur Afiquah Zainuri, Masako Fukuda, Daisuke Kimura, Makoto Matsubayashi, Shoji Uga, Hiroyuki Takaoka, Mohd Sofian Azirun, Rosli Ramli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-01-01
Series:Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases
Subjects:
Dirofilariinae
Foleyella candezei
Multi-locus sequence analyses
Indomalaya
Pelecitus fulicaeatrae
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667114X22000048

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