Molecular, morphological and histopathological evidence of Spirometra mansoni in wild and domestic animals from Costa Rica

 

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Autores: Alvarado Hidalgo, Irene, Campos Camacho, Josue, Arguedas Morales, Yuliana, Anchia Ureña, Gabriela, Bass, Laura G., Berrocal Avila, Ivan, Hagnaueri, Isabel, Olivares, Roberto W.I., Solano Barquero, Alberto, Traube Rivera, Rodolfo, Rojas, Alicia, Montenegro, Víctor M., Alfaro-Alarcón, Alejandro, Romero-Vega, L. Mario
Formato: artículo
Fecha de Publicación:2024
Descripción:Spirometra mansoni is a diphyllobothroid cestode and one of the causing agents of sparganosis, a zoonotic foodborne and waterborne infection in humans. This parasite has an indirect life cycle with domestic and wild canids or felids as definitive hosts. The last report of S. mansoni in Costa Rica was done in 2004 by morphological assessment of worms, whereas molecular evidence of this species was obtained recently in the Americas. Herein, we present seven cases of spirometrosis in four dogs, three cats and a coyote from different regions of Costa Rica occurring in a time span of a year. Dog cases presented vomiting, hyporexia, lethargy and diarrhea, whereas cats were mostly asymptomatic. Moreover, the coyote was found with Spirometra sp. proglottids incidentally. Cyto- chrome oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) sequences of eggs or proglottids derived from all cases were analyzed with a Bayesian Inference phylogenetic tree and a haplotype network. These analyses showed the clustering of S. mansoni from Costa Rica with other sequences derived from Asia and America. Moreover, cox1 sequences clustered in two separate haplotypes, suggesting the high genetic diversity of the species. The present cases represent the first molecular evidence of the parasite in Central America; thus, extending its known range in the American continent.
País:Repositorio UNA
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Repositorio UNA
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:null:11056/27993
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11056/27993
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vprsr.2024.101030
Palabra clave:ZOONOSES
ZOONOSIS
PARASITIC DISEASES
ENFERMEDADES PARASITARIAS
PARASITOS
SPIROMETROSIS
CESTODIASIS
PARASITES