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Hasapis, Kyriacos A., Charalambidou, Iris, Tsouma, Eleni, Sotiriadi, Konstantina, Kassinis, Nicolaos, Schou, Chad and Karanis, Panagiotis (2023). First detection of Cryptosporidium proventriculi from wild birds in Cyprus. Parasitol. Res., 122 (1). S. 201 - 206. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. ISSN 1432-1955

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Abstract

Cryptosporidium is an important intestinal zoonotic pathogen that can infect various hosts and cause diarrheal disease. There are no reports on the prevalence and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium in wild birds in Cyprus. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the prevalence of Cryptosporidium spp. and genotypes in wild birds found at Phassouri Reedbeds (Akrotiri Wetlands), Cyprus. Fecal samples of 75 wild birds (Eurasian coot Fulica atra, N = 48; Eurasian teal Anas crecca, N = 20; duck - Anas spp., N = 7) were screened for Cryptosporidium by PCR amplification and sequencing. Only one sample (1.3%) belonging to a Eurasian coot was PCR-positive for Cryptosporidium. Based on sequencing of the 18S rRNA locus, this species was identified as Cryptosporidium proventriculi. This is the first report on the molecular identification of this Cryptosporidium species in a Eurasian coot.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Hasapis, Kyriacos A. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Charalambidou, Iris UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tsouma, Eleni UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sotiriadi, Konstantina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kassinis, Nicolaos UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schou, Chad UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Karanis, Panagiotis UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-671032
DOI:	10.1007/s00436-022-07717-y
Journal or Publication Title:	Parasitol. Res.
Volume:	122
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 201 - 206
Date:	2023
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1432-1955
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language AQUATIC BIRDS; GIARDIA; DUCKS; HOST; SPP.; IDENTIFICATION; CHICKENS; OOCYSTS; BAILEYI; HUMANS Multiple languages Parasitology Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/67103