<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Andrea Springer</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lance A. Durden</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Frederik Kiene</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Annette Klein</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Romule Rakotondravony</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Julian Ehlers</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stephen E. Greiman</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Marina B. Blanco</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sarah Zohdy</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sharon E. Kessler</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Christina Strube</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ute Radespiel</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Molecular phylogenetics of the sucking louse genus &lt;i&gt;Lemurpediculus&lt;/i&gt; (Insecta: Phthiraptera), ectoparasites of lemurs, with descriptions of three new species</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">co-speciation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Host specificity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Madagascar</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2023</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Apr-01-2023</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224423000111</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">20</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">138-152</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Sucking lice live in intimate association with their hosts and often display a high degree of host specificity. The present study investigated sucking lice of the genus Lemurpediculus from six mouse lemur (Microcebus) and two dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus) species endemic to the island of Madagascar, considered a biodiversity hotspot. Louse phylogenetic trees were created based on cytochrome C oxidase subunit I (COI), elongation factor 1&amp;alpha; (EF1&amp;alpha;) and internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) sequences. While clustering according to host species was generally observed for COI and ITS1, suggesting high host specificity of the examined lice, EF1&amp;alpha; sequences alone did not distinguish between lice of different Microcebus species, possibly due to rather recent divergence. As bootstrap support for basal tree structure was rather low, further data are necessary to resolve the evolutionary history of louse-mouse lemur associations. Three new species of sucking lice are described: Lemurpediculus zimmermanni sp. Nov. From Microcebus ravelobensis, Lemurpediculus gerpi sp.nov. from Microcebus gerpi, and Lemurpediculus tsimanampesotsae sp. nov. from Microcebus griseorufus. These new species are compared with all known congeneric species and identifying features are illustrated for all known species of Lemurpediculus.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Julian Ehlers</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Andreas Krüger</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Solofomalala Jacques Rakotondranary</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rakotomalala Yedidya Ratovonamana</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sven Poppert</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jörg Ulrich Ganzhorn</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dennis Tappe</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Molecular detection of &lt;i&gt;Rickettsia spp., Borrelia spp., Bartonella spp.&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Yersinia pestis&lt;/i&gt; in ectoparasites of endemic and domestic animals in southwest Madagascar</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acta Tropica</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5-2020</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001706X19315700#!</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">205</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Little is known about the presence of vector-borne bacteria in southwest Madagascar. Anthropogenic alteration of natural habitats represents an important driver for the emergence of new diseases. Especially the involvement of livestock and the involuntary maintaining of invasive synanthropic animals (particularly rats) facilitate disease transmission from wildlife to humans and associated animals and vice versa. The dissemination or acquisition of ectoparasites is most likely in regions where human/wildlife contact is increasing. Little is known about the presence of vector-borne bacteria in southwest Madagascar. In 2016 and 2017, ectoparasites were collected from various introduced (cattle and goats, cats, dogs and chicken, rats and mice) and native animal species (mouse lemurs [Microcebus griseorufus], Grandidier&amp;#39;s mongooses [Galidictis grandidieri], bastard big-footed mice [Macrotarsomys bastardi], greater hedgehog tenrecs [Setifer setosus] and lesser hedgehog tenrecs [Echinops telfairi]) in the northern portion of Tsimanampetsotsa National Park and the adjacent littoral region. Thirteen species of blood-feeding ectoparasites (235 individuals of ticks [5 species], 414 lice [4 spp.] and 389 fleas [4 spp.]) were investigated for the presence and identity of rickettsiae, borreliae, bartonellae and Yersinia pestis using PCR techniques. Rickettsia spp. were detected in every single ectoparasite species (Amblyomma variegatum, A. chabaudi, Rhipicephalus microplus, Haemaphysalis simplex, Argas echinops, Ctenocephalides felis, Echidnophaga gallinacea, Pulex irritans, Xenopsylla cheopis, Haematopinus quadripertusus, Linognathus africanus, L. vituli, Lemurpediculus verruculosus). Lice and ticks were found harboring rickettsiae identified as Rickettsia africae, while Rickettsia felis-like bacteria were associated with fleas. Borrelia spp. were detected in 5% of H. simplex and 1% of R. microplus ticks. Bartonella spp. were detected in 40% of H. quadripertusus pools and in 5% of L. verruculosus pools. Yersinia pestis was detected in X. cheopis and E. gallinacea fleas collected from a rat. This study presents the detection of a broad spectrum of vector-borne bacteria including potential pathogens, and an unexpected finding of Y. pestis far off the known plague foci in Madagascar.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">105339</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Open Access</style></work-type></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Julian Ehlers</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sven Poppert</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rakotomalala Yedidya Ratovonamana</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jörg Ulrich Ganzhorn</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dennis Tappe</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Andreas Krüger</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ectoparasites of endemic and domestic animals in southwest Madagascar</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acta Tropica</style></secondary-title><short-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acta Tropica</style></short-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ectoparasites</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Habitat disturbance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lemurs</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Livestock</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Madagascar</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Microcebus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Small mammals.</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">08-2019</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0001706X19301731</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">196</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">83 - 92</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Human encroachment of natural habitats bears the threat of disease transmission between native and introduced species that had not come into contact before, thus promoting the spread of new diseases in both directions. This is a matter of concern especially in areas where human-wildlife contact has not been intense in the recent past. In southwest Madagascar, we collected ectoparasites from various mammalian hosts and chicken, and examined their host preferences and their prevalence in relation to season and habitat degradation. Field-work took place in the northern portion of Tsimanampetsotsa National Park and the adjacent coastal strip (littoral) in the dry and in the rainy season of 2016/2017. Endemic mammals were trapped with live traps placed in habitats of different degrees of degradation: 1) relatively pristine forest, 2) degraded forest, 3) cultivated and shrub land. Rats and mice were also trapped in 4) villages. We identified 17 species of ectoparasites (296 individuals of ticks [5 species], 535 lice [7 spp.], 389 fleas [4 spp.] and 13 mites [1 sp.]) collected from 15 host species. There was no indication for seasonal or habitat effects on parasite infection. A large portion of the parasites was host-specific. Some ectoparasite species were shared either by several endemic or by several introduced species, but apart from the introduced flea species Echidnophaga gallinacea (collected from six different hosts including the endemic carnivore Galidictis grandidieri) no other ectoparasite species was shared between endemic and introduced host species.&lt;/p&gt;
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