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- Title
The jaguar (Panthera onca) as a potential new host of Dracunculus sp.
- Authors
Fagundes-Moreira, Renata; Bezerra-Santos, Marcos Antônio; May-Junior, Joares Adenilson; Baggio-Souza, Vinicius; Rampim, Lilian Elaine; Sartorello, Leonardo Rodrigues; Lia, Riccardo Paolo; Soares, João Fabio; Otranto, Domenico
- Abstract
Nematode species of the genus Dracunculus (Spirurida: Dracunculoidea) infect tissues and body cavities of reptiles, domestic and wild carnivores, and humans. The definitive hosts acquire the infection by ingesting intermediate (i.e., cyclopoid copepod) or paratenic (i.e., amphibians and fishes) hosts. Here we report the jaguar (Panthera onca) as a potential new host for Dracunculus sp. The nematode was collected from an ulcerated cutaneous nodule on the left anterior limb of a female jaguar in the municipality of Miranda, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. Based on the morphology of first stage larvae collected from a small fragment of the uterus of the adult nematode, the species was identified as Dracunculus sp. Reichard, 1759. Additionally, the morphological identification was molecularly confirmed by sequencing the cox1 gene. This report advocates for further investigations into the transmission cycle of this parasite in the Brazilian Pantanal wetland, considering the role of wildlife hosts and the zoonotic potential of Dracunculus species in that area.
- Subjects
MATO Grosso do Sul (Brazil); BRAZIL; JAGUAR; AMPHIBIANS; REPTILES; UTERUS; SPECIES
- Publication
Parasitology Research, 2023, Vol 122, Issue 12, p2951
- ISSN
0932-0113
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00436-023-07984-3