Publications

phocid seals, seal lice and heartworms: a terrestrial host-parasite system conveyed to the marine environment.	adaptation of pinnipeds to the marine habitat imposed parallel evolutions in their parasites. ancestral pinnipeds must have harboured sucking lice, which were ancestors of the seal louse echinophthirius horridus. the seal louse is one of the few insects that successfully adjusted to the marine environment. adaptations such as keeping an air reservoir and the ability to hold on to and move on the host were necessary, as well as an adjustment of their life cycle to fit the diving habits of their h ...	2007	18062474
characterization of the heartworm acanthocheilonema spirocauda (leidy, 1858) anderson, 1992 (nematoda: onchocercidae) in scandinavia.	the heartworm acanthocheilonema spirocauda (leidy, proc acad nat sci philadelphia 10:110-112, 1858) anderson, 1992 is described from material collected from harbour seals in scandinavia and compared with types and other specimens described by anderson (can j zool 37:481-493, 1959) from harbour seals in eastern usa. most morphometric characters of the material from usa fall within the ranges established for the scandinavian one. some intraspecific variability in the organisation of papillae on th ...	2008	18762981
first report of acanthocheilonema spirocauda in the mediterranean monk seal (monachus monachus).	the mediterranean monk seal (monachus monachus) is one of the world's most endangered marine mammals. the largest population is located mainly throughout the aegean and ionian islands and along the coastline of southern continental greece. we report the findings of a necropsy and discuss their potential importance to the conservation of the species. the adult female monk seal appeared to be in a good nutritional state. the main necropsy findings were injuries consistent with a violent and sudden ...	2010	20688652
absence of the filarial endosymbiont wolbachia in seal heartworm (acanthocheilonema spirocauda) but evidence of ancient lateral gene transfer.	the symbiotic relationship of wolbachia spp. was first observed in insects and subsequently in many parasitic filarial nematodes. this bacterium is believed to provide metabolic and developmental assistance to filarial parasitic nematodes, although the exact nature of this relationship remains to be fully elucidated. while wolbachia is present in most filarial nematodes in the family onchocercidae, it is absent in several disparate species such as the human parasite loa loa . all tested members ...	2016	26859724