First report of Spirometra (Eucestoda; Diphyllobothriidae) naturally occurring in a fish host (original) (raw)

Folia Parasitologica 70:008 (2023) | DOI: 10.14411/fp.2023.008

Renzo Vettorazzi ORCID...1, 2, 4, Walter Norbis ORCID...1, Sergio R. Martorelli ORCID...3, Graciela Garc�a ORCID...2, N�stor R�os ORCID...2

1Laboratorio de Fisiolog�a de la Reproducci�n y Ecolog�a de Peces, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Rep�blica, Montevideo, Uruguay;

2Secci�n Gen�tica Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Rep�blica, Montevideo, Uruguay;

3Centro de Estudios Parasitol�gicos y Vectores (CEPAVE-CONICET-CCT La Plata-UNLP), Buenos Aires, Argentina;

4Laboratorio de Biolog�a Parasitaria, Instituto de Higiene, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Rep�blica, Montevideo, Uruguay (present address).

Spirometra Faust, Campbell et Kellogg, 1929 is a genus of cestodes belonging to the family Diphyllobothriidae. To date, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals are known second intermediate hosts of these parasites; humans can also be infected (the zoonotic disease is known as sparganosis or spirometrosis). Although the number of phylogenetic studies on Spirometra spp. has increased worldwide in recent years, there are few in South America. Specifically in Uruguay, molecular studies have shown that tapeworms of S. decipiens (Diesing, 1850) complexes 1 and 2 are present in this country. In this study, we characterised the larvae of Spirometra present in the annual fish Austrolebias charrua Costa et Cheffe. Phylogenetic analysis of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences of these larvae showed that they belong to S. decipiens complex 1. This is the first report of teleost fishes serving as a second intermediate host for tapeworms of the genus Spirometra in nature.

Keywords: Parasites, South America, molecular characterisation, Austrolebias, Spirometra decipiens, Uruguay

Received: November 30, 2021; Revised: December 15, 2022; Accepted: December 22, 2022; Published online: April 4, 2023 Show citation

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Vettorazzi, R., Norbis, W., Martorelli, S.R., Garc�a, G., & R�os, N. (2023). First report of Spirometra (Eucestoda; Diphyllobothriidae) naturally occurring in a fish host. Folia Parasitologica,�70,�Article 2023.008. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2023.008

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