| trypanosomes of australian mammals: a review. | approximately 306 species of terrestrial and arboreal mammals are known to have inhabited the mainland and coastal islands of australia at the time of european settlement in 1788. the exotic trypanosoma lewisi was the first mammalian trypanosome identified in australia in 1888, while the first native species, trypanosoma pteropi, was taxonomically described in 1913. since these discoveries, about 22% of the indigenous mammalian fauna have been examined during the surveillance of trypanosome biod ... | 2014 | 25161902 |
| temporal and spatial dynamics of trypanosomes infecting the brush-tailed bettong (bettongia penicillata): a cautionary note of disease-induced population decline. | the brush-tailed bettong or woylie (bettongia penicillata) is on the brink of extinction. its numbers have declined by 90% since 1999, with their current distribution occupying less than 1% of their former australian range. woylies are known to be infected with three different trypanosomes (trypanosoma vegrandis, trypanosoma copemani and trypanosoma sp. h25) and two different strains of t. copemani that vary in virulence. however, the role that these haemoparasites have played during the recent ... | 2014 | 24708757 |
| prevalence, genetic diversity and potential clinical impact of blood-borne and enteric protozoan parasites in native mammals from northern australia. | a molecular survey was conducted to provide baseline information on the prevalence, genetic diversity and potential clinical impacts of blood-borne and enteric protozoans in native wild mammals from the northern territory (nt). a total of 209 blood and 167 faecal samples were collected from four target species; the northern brown bandicoot (isoodon macrourus), common brushtail possum (trichosurus vulpecula), northern quoll (dasyurus hallucatus) and brush-tailed rabbit-rat (conilurus penicillatus ... | 2017 | 28408215 |
| first report of trypanosoma vegrandis in koalas (phascolarctos cinereus). | the present study describes the first report of trypanosoma vegrandis in koalas using morphology and sequence analysis of the 18s rrna gene. the prevalence of t. vegrandis in koalas was 13.6% (6/44). it is likely that the small size of t. vegrandis (<10μm in length), coupled with the difficulties in amplifying dna of this parasite in mixed infections using trypanosome generic primers, are the reason why this organism has not been identified in koalas until now. this study highlights the importan ... | 2016 | 26970295 |
| high prevalence of trypanosoma vegrandis in bats from western australia. | the present study describes the first report of trypanosoma vegrandis in bats using morphology and sequence analysis of the 18s rrna gene. the pcr prevalence of t. vegrandis in bats was 81.8% (18/22). the high prevalence of t. vegrandis in the present study suggests that bats may play an important role in the epidemiology of t. vegrandis in australia. t. vegrandis appears to be geographically dispersed, has a wide distribution in australia and low levels of host specificity. | 2015 | 26541211 |