| [hemoparasites of bats in madagascar]. | this study aims to evaluate the prevalence and density of haemoparasites in wild malagasy bats. among the 440 bats, belonging to 14 species sampled in 5 localities in different bio-climatic zones of the island, 93 (21%) showed at least 1 haemoparasite with, by order of frequency, haemoproteidae (15.7% of 440 bats), microfilariae (7.0%) and trypanosoma (0.7%). among these 93 bats, 92 (99%) belonged to the family vespertilionidae. four bat species, all endemic to the madagascar region (madagascar ... | 2003 | 15678820 |
| cross-species chromosome painting in bats from madagascar: the contribution of myzopodidae to revealing ancestral syntenies in chiroptera. | the chiropteran fauna of madagascar comprises eight of the 19 recognized families of bats, including the endemic myzopodidae. while recent systematic studies of malagasy bats have contributed to our understanding of the morphological and genetic diversity of the island's fauna, little is known about their cytosystematics. here we investigate karyotypic relationships among four species, representing four families of chiroptera endemic to the malagasy region using cross-species chromosome painting ... | 2010 | 20596765 |
| diversity, host specialization, and geographic structure of filarial nematodes infecting malagasy bats. | we investigated filarial infection in malagasy bats to gain insights into the diversity of these parasites and explore the factors shaping their distribution. samples were obtained from 947 individual bats collected from 52 sites on madagascar and representing 31 of the 44 species currently recognized on the island. samples were screened for the presence of micro- and macro-parasites through both molecular and morphological approaches. phylogenetic analyses showed that filarial diversity in mala ... | 2016 | 26751792 |
| polychromophilus spp. (haemosporida) in malagasy bats: host specificity and insights on invertebrate vectors. | bats are home to diverse haemosporidian parasites namely plasmodium and plasmodium-related. while information is available at a worldwide level, haemosporidian infection in bats from madagascar is still scarce and recent changes in the taxonomy of the island's bat fauna, particularly the description of several new species, require a reassessment of previously described patterns, including blood parasite ecology and vectorial transmission. | 2018 | 30170583 |