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Morphological variability within Oesophagostomum bifurcum among different primate species from Ghana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2024

J.M. de Gruijter ,
J. Blotkamp ,
R.B. Gasser ,
S. Amponsah  and
A.M. Polderman
J.M. de Gruijter*
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, University of Leiden, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
J. Blotkamp
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, University of Leiden, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
R.B. Gasser
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, 250 Princes Highway, Werribee, Victoria 3030, Australia
S. Amponsah
Affiliation:
Wildlife Division (Forestry Commission), PO Box M239, Accra, Ghana
A.M. Polderman
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, University of Leiden, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
*
*Corresponding author: Fax: +44 1223 494919, Email: j.degruijter@erasmus.nl
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Abstract

Adult Oesophagostomum bifurcum (Nematoda: Strongylida) from human and non-human primates from Ghana were compared in order to investigate the extent of morphological variability within the species. Using analysis of variance and principal component analysis, significant differences in morphological characters (such as parasite length, width, length of the oesophagus and length of spicules) were demonstrated between O. bifurcum worms from humans, the Mona, Patas or Green monkey and/or Olive baboons. These findings suggest that O. bifurcum from different species of primate host represent distinct population variants, also supported by recent epidemiological and genetic studies of O. bifurcum from such hosts.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 80 , Issue 4 , December 2006 , pp. 357 - 361
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