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Journal Article
Unresolved haemosporidia of the Australian skink, Egernia stokesii
2024
Overview
The Australian skink
Egernia stokesii
had been recognised as a host of two species of
Plasmodium
,
Plasmodium mackerrasae
and
P. circularis
; nevertheless, molecular data are available for only a single haemosporidian species of this host. Its sequences are labelled as “
Plasmodium
sp.” or “
Plasmodium mackerrasae
”, but morphological characteristics of this isolate are unavailable. Phylogenetic analyses of these sequences placed them into the clade of the genus
Haemocystidium
. In this study, blood samples of six
E. stokesii
were analysed by both, molecular and microscopic methods to clarify the haemosporidia of this lizard. Application of these approaches offered discordant results. Whereas sequence analysis clustered our isolates with lizard species of
Haemocystidium
, morphology of blood stages is more akin to
Plasmodium
than
Haemocystidium
. However, limited sampling, indistinguishable nuclei/merozoites and risk of possible hidden presence of mixed infection prevent reliable species identification of detected parasites or their description as new species of
Haemocystidium
.
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,Springer,Springer Nature B.V
