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Parasite
Volume 20, 2013
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Article Number | 1 | |
Number of page(s) | 7 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2012001 | |
Published online | 17 January 2013 |
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Research Article
Infective larvae of Cercopithifilaria spp. (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) from hard ticks (Ixodidae) recovered from the Japanese serow (Bovidae)
Larves infectantes de Cercopithifilaria spp. (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) chez des tiques (Ixodidae) récoltées sur des sérows japonais (Bovidae)
1
Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2
Department of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
3
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Parasitologie comparée, UMR 7205, CNRS, 75231 Paris, France
4
Mahara Institute of Medical Acarology, Tokushima 779-1510, Japan
5
National Institute of Animal Health, NARO, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan
6
Research Promotion Project, Oita University, Oita 879-5593, Japan
7
Department of Infectious Disease Control, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita 879-5593, Japan
* Corresponding author: unishigehiko@um.edu.my
Received:
12
September
2012
Accepted:
19
November
2012
Hard ticks taken from the Japanese serow, Capricornis crispus, in Yamagata Prefecture, Honshu, harboured infective larvae of onchocercid filariae after incubation from the 22nd to the 158th day. Haemaphysalis flava and H. japonica contained one to eight filarial larvae; females, males and a nymph of the ticks were infected. The 44 infective larvae recovered were 612–1,370 μm long, and 11 of them, 930–1,340 μm long, were studied in detail. The larvae possessed the morphologic characteristics of the larvae of the genus Cercopithifilaria, namely an oesophagus with a posterior glandular part, no buccal capsule and a long tail with three terminal lappets. Five types (A to E) of infective larvae were identified based on the morphologic characteristics. While to date five species of Cercopithifilaria have been described from the Japanese serow, a specific identification of the larvae found in this study was generally not possible. Only type E larvae could be tentatively assigned to Cercopithifilaria tumidicervicata, as they had a cervical swelling similar to that of the adults of this species. A key for the identification of the five larval types is presented. The study presents circumstantial evidences indicating that H. flava and H. japonica may transmit Cercopithifilaria spp. to Japanese serows. It also suggests the possibility that such filarial larvae will be found in hard ticks anywhere, because Cercopithifilaria is distributed worldwide, though this genus generally goes unnoticed, as its microfilariae occur in the skin, not in the blood, of host animals.
Résumé
Les tiques récoltées chez les sérows japonais, Capricornis crispus, à Yamagata, Honshu, hébergeaient des larves infectantes de filaires Onchocercidae après incubation du 22ème au 158ème jour. Haemaphysalis flava et H. japonica avaient une à huit larves ; des mâles, des femelles et une nymphe étaient infestés. Les 44 larves infectantes récoltées étaient longues de 612–1,370 μm et 11 d’entre elles, longues de 930 à 1,340 μm, ont été étudiées en détail. Les larves possédaient les caractères morphologiques des larves du genre Cercopithifilaria, c’est-à-dire un œsophage avec une portion postérieure glandulaire, pas de capsule buccale et une longue queue avec 3 languettes terminales. Cinq types de larves infectantes (A à E) ont été identifiés sur la base de caractéristiques morphologiques. Bien que cinq espèces de Cercopithifilaria aient été décrites jusqu’ici chez le sérow japonais, une identification spécifique des larves trouvées dans cette étude n’a généralement pas été possible. Seules les larves de type E ont été identifiées provisoirement à C. tumidicervicata parce qu’elles avaient un renflement cervical comme les adultes de cette espèce. Une clé d’identification des cinq types de larves est présentée. L’étude présente des preuves circonstancielles indiquant que H. flava et H. japonica peuvent transmettre Cercopithifilaria spp. au sérow japonais. Elle suggère la possibilité de trouver partout de telles larves de filaires chez les tiques parce que Cercopithifilaria a une distribution mondiale mais passe généralement inaperçu parce que ses microfilaires sont dans la peau, et non dans le sang.
Key words: Nematoda / Onchocercidae / Cercopithifilaria / Ixodidae / Infective larvae / Japanese serow
© S. Uni et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2013
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