@article{fdi:010057298,
  title = {{T}he chiropteran haemosporidian {P}olychromophilus melanipherus : {A} worldwide species complex restricted to the family {M}iniopteridae},
  author = {{D}uval, {L}inda and {M}ejean, {C}. and {M}aganga, {G}. {D}. and {M}akanga, {B}. {K}. and {K}oumba, {L}. {B}. {M}. and {P}eirce, {M}. {A}. and {A}riey, {F}. and {B}ourgarel, {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his paper attempts to expand on the current knowledge regarding the evolutionary history of bat haemosporidian parasites. {U}sing modern molecular tools as adjuncts to existing morphological descriptions, our understanding of the diversity of these parasites is discussed. {T}he biogeography and host range distribution together with possible host-parasite interactions remain to be evaluated in more detail. {U}sing a nested-{PCR} cytochrome b mitochondrial gene approach, we established a screening programme and survey of several months duration for haemosporidian parasites in four central {A}frican bat species living in an ecological community. {T}he aim of the study was to describe parasites morphologically and molecularly, together with parasite prevalence variations over time, and evaluate parasite host-specificity in these sympatric cave bats. {O}ver the survey period, {P}olychromophilus melanipherus was the only haemosporidian parasite identified in {M}iniopterus inflatus, with a continuous molecular prevalence of at least 60%. {M}olecular phylogenetic analyses show that {P}. melanipherus is a monophyletic group infecting {M}iniopterus bats which is, a sister group to {P}. murinus and {P}olychromophilus spp. {T}his monophyletic group is composed of different cyt b haplotypes molecularly distantly related (but morphologically similar), circulating without geographic or host species distinction. {T}his suggests that {P}. melanipherus is a species complex restricted to the family {M}iniopteridae. {T}he phylogenetic analysis confirms that {P}olychromophilus parasites are distributed worldwide and supports the view that they are more closely related to avian haemosporidian parasites.},
  keywords = {{H}aemosporidia ; {P}olychromophilus melanipherus ; {M}iniopteridae ; {C}hiroptera ; {S}pecies complex},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{I}nfection {G}enetics and {E}volution},
  volume = {12},
  numero = {7},
  pages = {1558--1566},
  ISSN = {1567-1348},
  year = {2012},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.meegid.2012.06.006},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010057298},
}