title: High prevalence of Trypanosoma vegrandis in bats from Western Australia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia.
authors.forename: Jill M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Austen
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Dea
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia.
authors.forename: Bethany
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia. Electronic address: Una.Ryan@murdoch.edu.au.
authors.forename: Una
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ryan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D058507:Host Specificity; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D015995:Prevalence; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics; D014345:Trypanosoma / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics; D014352:Trypanosomiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D014904:Western Australia
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S
keywords: 18S rRNA; Bats; T. vegrandis; Trypanosome