Cancerogenic parasites in veterinary medicine: a narrative literature review

Fonti, Niccolò; Parisi, Francesca; Mancianti, Francesca; Freer, Giulia; Poli, Alessandro

doi:10.1186/s13027-023-00522-x

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“…across Asia which unfortunately is not represented in available sequence databases. However, pathogenesis described in N. nochti (Yalcindag et al ., 2021; Fonti et al ., 2023) holds similarities to other trichostrongyloids from the family Haemonchidae (Deplazes et al ., 2016), within which these sequences clustered.…”

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Novel insight into the genetic diversity of strongylid nematodes infecting South-East and East Asian primates

Mason,

Cervena,

Frias

et al. 2024

Parasitology

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With many non-human primates (NHPs) showing continued population decline, there is an ongoing need to better understand their ecology and conservation threats. One such threat is the risk of disease, with various bacterial, viral and parasitic infections previously reported to have damaging consequences for NHP hosts. Strongylid nematodes are one of the most commonly reported parasitic infections in NHPs. Current knowledge of NHP strongylid infections is restricted by their typical occurrence as mixed infections of multiple genera, which are indistinguishable through traditional microscopic approaches. Here, modern metagenomics approaches were applied for insight into the genetic diversity of strongylid infections in South-East and East Asian NHPs. We hypothesized that strongylid nematodes occur in mixed communities of multiple taxa, dominated by Oesophagostomum, matching previous findings using single-specimen genetics. Utilizing the Illumina MiSeq platform, ITS-2 strongylid metabarcoding was applied to 90 samples from various wild NHPs occurring in Malaysian Borneo and Japan. A clear dominance of Oesophagostomum aculeatum was found, with almost all sequences assigned to this species. This study suggests that strongylid communities of Asian NHPs may be less species-rich than those in African NHPs, where multi-genera communities are reported. Such knowledge contributes baseline data, assisting with ongoing monitoring of health threats to NHPs.

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Novel insight into the genetic diversity of strongylid nematodes infecting South-East and East Asian primates

Mason,

Cervena,

Frias

et al. 2024

Parasitology

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Animal granulins: In the GRN scheme of things

Bowhay,

Hanington

2024

Developmental & Comparative Immunology

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Perspective Chapter: The Parasitic Component

Tonev

2024

Bacterial, Viral and Fungal Coinfections [Working Title]

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There is no tissue or organ in the body of plants, animals and man in which some parasitic species have not adapted to live. Blood, brain, liver and striated and cardiac muscles, which we are used to in classical microbiology to perceive, a priori, as sterile organs, are in fact often the home of some parasitic species. This ecological idyll often terrifies clinicians and owners, especially when it comes to parasitic species utilizing humans as final, intermediate or potential hosts. The parasites are well adapted to pass the barriers that the body puts in front of other microorganisms, thus creating a bridgehead used by other parasites, viruses, bacteria or fungi. In itself, the presence of hideous lodgers on and in the body does not necessarily cause any harm to the host, and the drive to destroy the “monsters within us” must be carefully weighed. The discovery of organisms’ microbiomes complex systems has changed our understanding of pathogens, and we need to develop a more complex understanding of the “pathobiome,” in which the pathogen is integrated into its abiotic and biotic environment and disease. This especially concerns vector-borne diseases. Today, we already talk not only about mosquito-, fly-, sand fly-, lice-, flea-, tick-, mite-, gastropod- and bug- but also about plant- and fungi-, warm-blooded animal- and even human-borne diseases, each admittedly carries its own pathobiome.

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Cancerogenic parasites in veterinary medicine: a narrative literature review

Cited by 3 publications

References 342 publications

Novel insight into the genetic diversity of strongylid nematodes infecting South-East and East Asian primates

Novel insight into the genetic diversity of strongylid nematodes infecting South-East and East Asian primates

Animal granulins: In the GRN scheme of things

Perspective Chapter: The Parasitic Component

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