@article{fdi:010070944,
  title = {{H}aemosporidian parasites of reptiles and birds from {G}abon, {C}entral {A}frica},
  author = {{B}oundenga, {L}. and {P}erkins, {S}. {L}. and {O}llomo, {B}. and {R}ougeron, {V}. and {L}eroy, {E}ric and {R}enaud, {F}. and {P}rugnolle, {F}ranck},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{H}aemosporidian parasites are protozoans that infect many different vertebrate hosts. {R}e-examination of the diversity of haemosporidian parasites, using molecular tools, has generally led to rearrangements of traditional classifications. {I}n this study, we explored the diversity of haemosporidian parasites infecting some species of reptile and birds living in the forests of {G}abon, {C}entral {A}frica, by analyzing a collection of 128 samples of reptiles and birds. {W}e found that samples from 2 tortoise species ({P}elusios castaneus and {K}inixys erosa) and 3 bird species ({T}urtur afer, {C}eratogymna atrata, and {A}gelastes niger) were infected by {H}aemocystidium spp. and {P}arahaemoproteus spp., respectively. {F}rom an ecological point of view, these lineages of parasites do not show host specificity because we have found them in several host species (2 tortoise and 3 bird species) that come from different areas of {G}abon forest which are infected with these parasites. {A}lso, our phylogenetic analyses revealed that the obtained lineages are related to isolates from other continents found in the same groups of vertebrates. {T}hus, our results show that haemosporidian parasites are also infecting central {A}frican vertebrates and that new lineages of these parasites are circulating in wild animals of the {G}abon forest.},
  keywords = {{GABON}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {P}arasitology},
  volume = {103},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {330--337},
  ISSN = {0022-3395},
  year = {2017},
  DOI = {10.1645/16-118},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010070944},
}