A Sarcocystid Misidentified as <i>Hepatozoon didelphydis</i>: Molecular Data from a Parasitic Infection in the Blood of the Southern Mouse Opossum (<i>Thylamys elegans</i>) from Chile

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dc.contributor.authorMerino, Santiago
dc.contributor.authorVasquez, Rodrigo A.
dc.contributor.authorMartinez, Javier
dc.contributor.authorCelis-Diez, Juan L.
dc.contributor.authorMartinez-De La Puente, Josue
dc.contributor.authorMarin-Vial, Paula
dc.contributor.authorSanchez-Monsalvez, Inocencia
dc.contributor.authorPeirce, Michael A.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T01:04:57Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T01:04:57Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThe blood of 21 adult South American mouse opossums (Thylamys elegans) captured from April through August of 2005 in central Chile was examined for parasites. Light microscopic analysis of blood smears initially suggested that a highly pleomorphic Hepatozoon species typical of American opossums was infecting erythrocytes. Unexpectedly, amplification by PCR and sequencing of a DNA fragment of the small subunit rDNA combined with phylogenetic analyses indicated that the parasite is not a member of the suborder Adeleorina, which includes the Haemogregarina and Hepatozoon species, but that it is a clearly distinct member of the suborder Eimeriorina, which includes the cyst-forming family Sarcocystidae. Therefore, a reclassification of this unusual intraerythrocytic apicomplexan will require additional life cycle, microscopic, and molecular analyses.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00358.x
dc.identifier.eissn1550-7408
dc.identifier.issn1066-5234
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00358.x
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/95754
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000261783800010
dc.issue.numero6
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final540
dc.pagina.inicio536
dc.revistaJournal of eukaryotic microbiology
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectCentral Chile
dc.subjectcoccidium
dc.subjectmarsupial
dc.subjectparasite
dc.subjectphylogeny
dc.subjectYaca
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.titleA Sarcocystid Misidentified as <i>Hepatozoon didelphydis</i>: Molecular Data from a Parasitic Infection in the Blood of the Southern Mouse Opossum (<i>Thylamys elegans</i>) from Chile
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dc.volumen55
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sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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