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Abstract

A novel avian trypanosome, sp. nov., isolated from mosquitoes, is described on the basis of naturally and experimentally infected vectors and bird hosts, localization in the vector, morphological characters and molecular data. This study provides the first comprehensive description of a trypanosome species transmitted by mosquitoes, in which parasites form plugs and rosettes on the stomodeal valve. Trypanosomes occurred as long epimastigotes and short trypomastigotes in vectors and culture and as long trypomastigotes in birds. Transmission of parasites to bird hosts was achieved exclusively by ingestion of experimentally infected mosquito females by canaries (), but not by Japanese quails (), nor by the bite of infected vectors, nor by ingestion of parasites from laboratory cultures. Transmission experiments and the identity of isolates from collared flycatchers () and mosquitoes suggests that the natural hosts of are insectivorous songbirds (Passeriformes). Phylogenetic analyses of small-subunit rRNA and glycosomal glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene sequences demonstrated that sp. nov. is more related to than to other avian trypanosomes (e.g. and ).

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic (Award LC06009 and 0021620828)
  • Czech Science Foundation (Award 206/09/H026)
  • Grant Agency of the Charles University (Award B-BIO 24109/2009)
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