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Saggiomo SL, Firth C, Wilson DT, Seymour J, Miles JJ, Wong Y. The Geographic Distribution, Venom Components, Pathology and Treatments of Stonefish ( Synanceia spp.) Venom. Mar Drugs 2021; 19:md19060302. [PMID: 34073964 PMCID: PMC8225006 DOI: 10.3390/md19060302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
Abstract
Stonefish are regarded as one of the most venomous fish in the world. Research on stonefish venom has chiefly focused on the in vitro and in vivo neurological, cardiovascular, cytotoxic and nociceptive effects of the venom. The last literature review on stonefish venom was published over a decade ago, and much has changed in the field since. In this review, we have generated a global map of the current distribution of all stonefish (Synanceia) species, presented a table of clinical case reports and provided up-to-date information about the development of polyspecific stonefish antivenom. We have also presented an overview of recent advancements in the biomolecular composition of stonefish venom, including the analysis of transcriptomic and proteomic data from Synanceia horrida venom gland. Moreover, this review highlights the need for further research on the composition and properties of stonefish venom, which may reveal novel molecules for drug discovery, development or other novel physiological uses.
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- Silvia L. Saggiomo
- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM), James Cook University, Cairns 4878, Australia; (C.F.); (D.T.W.); (J.S.); (J.J.M.); (Y.W.)
- Centre for Molecular Therapeutics, James Cook University, Cairns 4878, Australia
- Correspondence:
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- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM), James Cook University, Cairns 4878, Australia; (C.F.); (D.T.W.); (J.S.); (J.J.M.); (Y.W.)
- Centre for Molecular Therapeutics, James Cook University, Cairns 4878, Australia
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- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM), James Cook University, Cairns 4878, Australia; (C.F.); (D.T.W.); (J.S.); (J.J.M.); (Y.W.)
- Centre for Molecular Therapeutics, James Cook University, Cairns 4878, Australia
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- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM), James Cook University, Cairns 4878, Australia; (C.F.); (D.T.W.); (J.S.); (J.J.M.); (Y.W.)
- Centre for Molecular Therapeutics, James Cook University, Cairns 4878, Australia
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- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM), James Cook University, Cairns 4878, Australia; (C.F.); (D.T.W.); (J.S.); (J.J.M.); (Y.W.)
- Centre for Molecular Therapeutics, James Cook University, Cairns 4878, Australia
- Centre for Tropical Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology, James Cook University, Cairns 4878, Australia
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- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM), James Cook University, Cairns 4878, Australia; (C.F.); (D.T.W.); (J.S.); (J.J.M.); (Y.W.)
- Centre for Molecular Therapeutics, James Cook University, Cairns 4878, Australia
- Centre for Tropical Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology, James Cook University, Cairns 4878, Australia
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Takano T, Iwaki T, Waki T, Murata R, Suzuki J, Kodo Y, Kobayashi K, Ogawa K. Species composition and infection levels of Anisakis (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in the skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus) in the Northwest Pacific. Parasitol Res 2021; 120:1605-1615. [PMID: 33830362 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-021-07144-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Parasites can be used as biological tags to assess stock structures in various marine fish species. In the present study, the species composition and infection levels of parasitic nematodes of the genus Anisakis in the skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis were examined in the Northwest Pacific and adjacent seas. A total of 867 third-stage larvae of Anisakis were collected from 112 skipjack tunas captured around Japan and in other subtropical localities. All larvae were identified as A. berlandi, A. pegreffii, A. simplex (s.s.), A. typica, and A. physeteris (s.l.) by the direct sequencing of the mitochondrial cox2 gene and real-time PCR assays targeting the nuclear ITS region. Anisakis species composition differed among northeastern Japan, the Sea of Japan, and other areas (central Japan, the Nansei Islands, and subtropical region), which is largely concordant with previous stock discrimination of skipjack tuna. Molecular phylogenetic analysis resulted in two intraspecific genetic groups in A. simplex (s.s.), one of which occurred almost exclusively in northeastern Japan. This could be a useful indicator for stock discrimination. Skipjack tunas from northeastern Japan were also characterized by a remarkable variety in the intensity of A. simplex (s.s.), suggesting the commingling of individuals with different migration patterns. This idea might be further justified by the geographic distribution of two genetically distinct groups of A. physeteris (s.l.).
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- Meguro Parasitological Museum, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
- Faculty of Science, Toho University, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
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- Depertment of Microbiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Depertment of Microbiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Depertment of Microbiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Depertment of Microbiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Meguro Parasitological Museum, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
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Ramirez JL, Rosas-Puchuri U, Cañedo RM, Alfaro-Shigueto J, Ayon P, Zelada-Mázmela E, Siccha-Ramirez R, Velez-Zuazo X. DNA barcoding in the Southeast Pacific marine realm: Low coverage and geographic representation despite high diversity. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0244323. [PMID: 33370342 PMCID: PMC7769448 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
The Southeast Pacific comprises two Large Marine Ecosystems, the Pacific Central-American Coastal and the Humboldt Current System; and is one of the less well known in the tropical subregions in terms of biodiversity. To address this, we compared DNA barcoding repositories with the marine biodiversity species for the Southeast Pacific. We obtained a checklist of marine species in the Southeast Pacific (i.e. Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, and Peru) from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) database and compared it with species available at the Barcoding of Life Data System (BOLD) repository. Of the 5504 species records retrieved from OBIS, 42% of them had at least one registered specimen in BOLD (including specimens around the world); however, only 4.5% of records corresponded to publicly available DNA barcodes including specimens collected from a Southeast Pacific country. The low representation of barcoded species does not vary much across the different taxonomic groups or within countries, but we observed an asymmetric distribution of DNA barcoding records for taxonomic groups along the coast, being more abundant for the Humboldt Current System than the Pacific Central-American Coastal. We observed high-level of barcode records with Barcode Index Number (BIN) incongruences, particularly for fishes (Actinopterygii = 30.27% and Elasmobranchii = 24.71%), reflecting taxonomic uncertainties for fishes, whereas for Invertebrates and Mammalia more than 85% of records were classified as data deficient or inadequate procedure for DNA barcoding. DNA barcoding is a powerful tool to study biodiversity, with a great potential to increase the knowledge of the Southeast Pacific marine biodiversity. Our results highlight the critical need for increasing taxonomic sampling effort, the number of trained taxonomic specialists, laboratory facilities, scientific collections, and genetic reference libraries.
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- Jorge L. Ramirez
- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
- * E-mail:
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- National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Center for Conservation and Sustainability, Washington, DC, United States of America
- Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
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- Facultad de Biología Marina, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú
- ProDelphinus, Lima, Perú
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Laboratorio de Genética, Fisiología y Reproducción, Universidad Nacional del Santa, Chimbote, Peru
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- National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Center for Conservation and Sustainability, Washington, DC, United States of America
- Asociación Peruana para la Conservación de la Naturaleza, Lima, Peru
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Hwang Y, Khasag A, Jia W, Jenkins A, Huang CN, Yabe D, Kim DM, Kadowaki T, Lee MK. Diabetes and COVID-19: IDF perspective in the Western Pacific region. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2020; 166:108278. [PMID: 32592842 PMCID: PMC7314686 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2020.108278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic, the highest risk level in the infectious disease alert phase, on 11 March 2020. In the Western Pacific Region (WPR), 192,016 confirmed cases with 7125 deaths had been reported as of 8 June 2020. In people with diabetes COVID-19 can be more difficult to treat due to the wide fluctuations in blood glucose levels or presence of comorbidities such as diabetes complications, including cardiovascular disease and renal damage, which are recognized risks for adverse outcomes. National diabetes associations and governments have established guidelines for subjects with diabetes in relation to COVID-19, and are trying to supply emergency and their regularly required medical products for them. The WPR is so large and composed of such diverse countries and COVID-19 situations, no one conclusion or program applies. Instead we could see a diverse COVID-19 pandemic profile in the WPR, and several creative diagnostic and therapeutic measures undertaken. This includes drive-through screening facilities, high-speed RT-PCR technologies, convalescent patients' plasma therapy, which potentially had some positive contributions in combatting COVID-19 in the WPR as well as globally. Although the numbers of confirmed cases are currently decreasing in the region, the COVID-19 pandemic is not over, and many experts are recommending to prepare measures for potential second or third waves of COVID-19.
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- Yerin Hwang
- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, China
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- NHMRC Clinical Trials Center, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Institute of Medicine, Chung Shang Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hallym University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Gumi Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Gumi, Republic of Korea.
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Chiu ML, Luo ST, Chen YY, Chung WY, Duong V, Dussart P, Chan YF, Perera D, Ooi MH, Thao NTT, Truong HK, Lee MS. Establishment of Asia-Pacific Network for Enterovirus Surveillance. Vaccine 2019; 38:1-9. [PMID: 31679864 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.09.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Revised: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Enteroviruses (EV), the major pathogens of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) and herpangina, affect millions of children each year. Most human enteroviruses cause self-limited infections except polioviruses, enterovirus A71 (EV-A71), enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), and several echoviruses (Echo) and coxsackieviruses (CV). Especially, EV-A71 has repeatedly caused large-scale outbreaks in the Asia-Pacific region since 1997. Some Asian countries have experienced cyclical outbreaks of severe EV-A71 infections and initiated development of EV-A71 vaccines. Five EV-A71 vaccine candidates have been clinically evaluated and three of them were approved for marketing in China. However, none of the China-approved products seek marketing approval in other countries. This situation supports a role for collaboration among Asian countries to facilitate clinical trials and licensure of EV-A71 vaccines. Additionally, enterovirus D68 outbreaks have been reported in the US and Taiwan currently and caused severe complications and deaths. Hence, an Asia-Pacific Network for Enterovirus Surveillance (APNES) has been established to estimate disease burden, understand virus evolution, and facilitate vaccine development through harmonizing laboratory diagnosis and data collection. Founded in 2017, the APNES is comprised of internationally recognized experts in the field of enterovirus in Asian countries working to raise awareness of this potentially fatal and debilitating disease. This article demonstrated the summaries of the first expert meeting, 2017 International Workshop on Enterovirus Surveillance and Vaccine Development, held by APNES in Taipei, Taiwan, March 2017.
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- Mu-Lin Chiu
- National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- Virology Unit, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Cambodia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Malaysia
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- Institute of Health & Community Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
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- Institute of Health & Community Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia; Sarawak General Hospital, Sarawak, Malaysia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Children Hospital 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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- National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan.
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Amin OM, Sharifdini M, Heckmann R, Ha NV. On Three Species of Neoechinorhynchus (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) from the Pacific Ocean off Vietnam with the Molecular Description of Neoechinorhynchus ( N.) dimorphospinus Amin and Sey, 1996. J Parasitol 2019; 105:606-618. [PMID: 31418649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Specimens of 3 species of Neoechinorhynchus Stiles and Hassall, 1905, were collected from a number of species of marine fish along the Pacific coast of Vietnam. New information is added to the descriptions of Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) longnucleatus Amin, Ha, and Ha, 2011, and its wider host and geographical distribution are reported. Similarly, more descriptive information and host and geographical records are added to our knowledge of Neoechinorhynchus (Hebosoma) manubrianus Amin, Ha, and Ha, 2011, and Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) dimorphospinus Amin and Sey, 1996 . The latter species was previously known only from the Persian Gulf. The presence of the para-receptacle structure was documented in all 3 species of Neoechinorhynchus reported. The molecular characterization of N. dimorphospinus was carried out using a partial 18S rDNA sequence. The phylogenetic analysis showed that most species of Neoechinorhynchus are very closely related, while N. dimorphospinus was distinct from others in the tree. Metal analysis of hooks of N. dimorphospinus using Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis also distinguished its characteristic finger print of high phosphorus and calcium and low sulfur levels.
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MESH Headings
- Acanthocephala/classification
- Acanthocephala/genetics
- Acanthocephala/isolation & purification
- Acanthocephala/ultrastructure
- Animals
- DNA, Helminth/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- Female
- Fish Diseases/epidemiology
- Fish Diseases/parasitology
- Fishes
- Helminthiasis, Animal/epidemiology
- Helminthiasis, Animal/parasitology
- Male
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Pacific Ocean/epidemiology
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Helminth/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/genetics
- Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission
- Vietnam
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Affiliation(s)
- Omar M Amin
- 1 Institute of Parasitic Diseases, 11445 E. Via Linda 2-419, Scottsdale, Arizona 85259
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- 2 Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
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- 3 Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, 1114 MLBM, Provo, Utah 84602
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- 4 Department of Parasitology, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR), Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Eudy E, Caira JN, Jensen K. A New Species of Pentaloculum (Cestoda: "Tetraphyllidea") from the Taiwan Saddled Carpetshark, Cirrhoscyllium formosanum (Orectolobiformes: Parascylliidae). J Parasitol 2019; 105:303-312. [PMID: 30990771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023] Open
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Collection of cestodes from the Taiwan saddled carpetshark, Cirrhoscyllium formosanum, for the first time led to the discovery of Pentaloculum hoi n. sp. This species provided important insights into the identity of the heretofore monotypic Pentaloculum-known previously only from the blind electric ray, Typhlonarke aysoni, in New Zealand. The new species differs from Pentaloculum macrocephalum in testis number, vitelline follicle and cirrus sac configuration, and in that it is hyperapolytic rather than euapolytic. Maximum-likelihood analysis of sequence data generated for the D1-D3 region of the 28S rDNA gene not only confirmed this generic placement but also confirmed the close affinities between both species of Pentaloculum and specimens previously referred to in the literature as new genus 7 n. sp. 1. Examination of limited material of the latter, including that of a second specimen from which partial 28S rDNA sequence data were generated here, led to the realization that new genus 7 n. sp. 1 represents an undescribed species of Pentaloculum, referred to here as Pentaloculum n. sp. 2. All 3 species share bothridia divided into 1 anterior and 2 consecutive pairs of loculi. Given that Pentaloculum n. sp. 2 parasitizes a member of the second and only other genus of parascylliid sharks (i.e., Parascyllium), we predict that the 4 other species of Parascyllium and the 2 other species of Cirrhoscyllium are likely to host other species of Pentaloculum. The factors that might account for the eclectic host associations of Pentaloculum, which include a torpediniform ray and 2 species of orectilobiform sharks, are currently unclear. The compilation of diet data for these elasmobranchs and determination of the final intermediate hosts for these cestodes would be interesting avenues of further investigation given that cestodes are trophically transmitted between their intermediate and definitive hosts. The phylogenetic affinities of Pentaloculum among elasmobranch cestodes remain unresolved.
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- Elizabeth Eudy
- 1 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 75 N. Eagleville Road Unit 3043, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3043
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- 1 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 75 N. Eagleville Road Unit 3043, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3043
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- 2 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Biodiversity Institute, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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Harvell CD, Montecino-Latorre D, Caldwell JM, Burt JM, Bosley K, Keller A, Heron SF, Salomon AK, Lee L, Pontier O, Pattengill-Semmens C, Gaydos JK. Disease epidemic and a marine heat wave are associated with the continental-scale collapse of a pivotal predator ( Pycnopodia helianthoides). Sci Adv 2019; 5:eaau7042. [PMID: 30729157 PMCID: PMC6353623 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau7042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
Abstract
Multihost infectious disease outbreaks have endangered wildlife, causing extinction of frogs and endemic birds, and widespread declines of bats, corals, and abalone. Since 2013, a sea star wasting disease has affected >20 sea star species from Mexico to Alaska. The common, predatory sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides), shown to be highly susceptible to sea star wasting disease, has been extirpated across most of its range. Diver surveys conducted in shallow nearshore waters (n = 10,956; 2006-2017) from California to Alaska and deep offshore (55 to 1280 m) trawl surveys from California to Washington (n = 8968; 2004-2016) reveal 80 to 100% declines across a ~3000-km range. Furthermore, timing of peak declines in nearshore waters coincided with anomalously warm sea surface temperatures. The rapid, widespread decline of this pivotal subtidal predator threatens its persistence and may have large ecosystem-level consequences.
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- C. D. Harvell
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Corresponding author.
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- One Health Institute, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94040, USA
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- School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
- Hakai Institute, Heriot Bay, BC V0P 1H0, Canada
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- Fishery Resource Analysis and Monitoring Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2032 SE OSU Drive, Newport, OR 97365, USA
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- Fishery Resource Analysis and Monitoring Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112, USA
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- NOAA Coral Reef Watch, College Park, MD 20740, USA
- ReefSense Pty Ltd., Townsville, Queensland, Australia
- Marine Geophysical Laboratory, Physics, College of Science and Technology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
- Hakai Institute, Heriot Bay, BC V0P 1H0, Canada
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- School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
- Hakai Institute, Heriot Bay, BC V0P 1H0, Canada
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- Hakai Institute, Heriot Bay, BC V0P 1H0, Canada
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- The SeaDoc Society, Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center–Orcas Island Office, University of California, Davis, 942 Deer Harbor Road, Eastsound, WA 98245, USA
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Hershberger PK, Gregg JL, Dykstra CL. High-Prevalence and Low-Intensity Ichthyophonus Infections in Pacific Halibut. J Aquat Anim Health 2018; 30:13-19. [PMID: 29595882 DOI: 10.1002/aah.10011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 10/09/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Ichthyophonus occurred at high prevalence but low intensity in Pacific Halibut Hippoglossus stenolepis throughout the West Coast of North America, ranging from coastal Oregon to the Bering Sea. Infection prevalence in adults was variable on spatial and temporal scales, with the lowest prevalence typically occurring on the edges of the geographic range and highest prevalence consistently occurring inside Prince William Sound, Alaska (58-77%). Additionally, intra-annual differences occurred at Albatross-Portlock, Alaska (71% versus 32% within 2012), and interannual differences occurred along coastal Oregon (50% in 2012 versus 12% in 2015). The infection prevalence was influenced by host age, increasing from 3% or less among the youngest cohorts (age ≤ 6) to 39-54% among age-9-17 cohorts, then decreasing to 27% among the oldest (age-18+) cohorts. There was little indication of significant disease impacts to Pacific Halibut, as the intensity of infection was uniformly low and length at age was similar between infected and uninfected cohorts. These results suggest that Ichthyophonus in Pacific Halibut currently represents a stable parasite-host paradigm in the North Pacific.
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- Paul K Hershberger
- U.S. Geological Survey, Western Fisheries Research Center, Marrowstone Marine Field Station, 616 Marrowstone Point Road, Nordland, Washington, 98358, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Western Fisheries Research Center, Marrowstone Marine Field Station, 616 Marrowstone Point Road, Nordland, Washington, 98358, USA
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- International Pacific Halibut Commission, 2320 West Commodore Way, Suite 300, Seattle, Washington, 98199, USA
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Blend CK, Dronen NO, Racz GR, Gardner SL. Pseudopecoelus mccauleyi n. sp. and Podocotyle sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from the deep waters off Oregon and British Columbia with an updated key to the species of Pseudopecoelus von Wicklen, 1946 and checklist of parasites from Lycodes cortezianus (Perciformes: Zoarcidae). Acta Parasitol 2017; 62:231-254. [PMID: 28426426 DOI: 10.1515/ap-2017-0031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Pseudopecoelus mccauleyi n. sp. (Opecoelidae: Opecoelinae) is described from the intestine of the bigfin eelpout, Lycodes cortezianus (Gilbert, 1890) (Perciformes: Zoarcidae), collected at 200-800 m depths in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean off Oregon and Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The new species is distinguished by possessing a unique combination of the following diagnostic characters: vitelline fields that extend to the posterior margin of the ventral sucker; a slender, tubular and sinuous seminal vesicle that extends some distance into the hindbody; an unspecialized, protuberant ventral sucker; a genital pore at pharynx level; lobed to deeply multilobed testes; a lobed ovary; and an egg size of 68-80 μm × 30-46 μm. A single specimen of Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845 (Digenea: Plagioporinae) is also described from the intestine of an individual Coryphaenoides sp. (Gadiformes: Macrouridae) collected at 2,800 m depth off Oregon. A listing of parasites from the bigfin eelpout as well as observations of parasite diversity within relevant hosts are offered, new host and locality records are noted, and a brief discussion of Pseudopecoelus von Wicklen, 1946 in the deep sea is presented taking note of the low level of host specificity recorded (i.e. spp. of Pseudopecoelus are now known to parasitize deep-water fish from at least 20 piscine families). A new dichotomous key to the 39 recognized species of Pseudopecoelus is introduced.
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- Laboratory of Parasitology, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University, 2258 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-2258
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- Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, W529 Nebraska Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0514
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- Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, W529 Nebraska Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0514
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Muñoz G, George-Nascimento M, Bray RA. Two new species of digeneans (Lecithasteridae and Haploporidae) of the intertidal blenny Scartichthys viridis (Valenciennes) from the central coast of Chile. Acta Parasitol 2017; 62:50-62. [PMID: 28030357 DOI: 10.1515/ap-2017-0006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Two new digenean species are described from the intertidal blenny Scartichthys viridis (Valenciennes) (Blenniidae) collected off the coasts of Chile. The digenean Monorchimacradena viridis n. sp. (Lecithasteridae: Macradenininae) differs from the only known species described in the genus, M. acanthuri Nahhas and Cable 1964, in the presence of Drüsenmagen in the caeca, the location of the seminal vesicle between the testis and ovary (anterior to the testis in M. viridis n. sp.), and the pre-ovarian vitellarium. Megasolena littoralis n. sp. (Haploporidae), which is also reported from Scartichthys gigas (Steindachner), differs from the five valid species of Megasolena in that the post-caecal region (from the posterior edge of the caeca to the end of the body) is larger in M. viridis n. sp., meaning that the caeca are shortest in this species. Also, M. littoralis n. sp. is distinguished, from the other congeneric species, in a combination of characteristics, e.g., body length, suckers, pharynx, testes, hermaphroditic sac and sucker-length ratio. Sequences of ITS2 rDNA were generated for specimens of both species from various localities, indicating that it was invariant within the species. This study describes species of Monorchimacradena and Megasolena in Chilean waters, here reported for the first time off the Pacific Coast of South America.
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Yanagihara R, Nerurkar VR, Hui G, Jacobs GA. Medical School Hotline: Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research. Hawaii J Med Public Health 2017; 76:23-26. [PMID: 28090400 PMCID: PMC5226018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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- Richard Yanagihara
- Department of Pediatrics, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (RY)
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- Department of Pediatrics, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (RY)
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- Department of Pediatrics, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (RY)
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- Department of Pediatrics, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (RY)
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Chero JD, Cruces CL, Iannacone J, Sanchez L, Minaya D, Sáez G, Alvariño L. Monocotyle luquei n. sp. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae), from the gills of diamond stingray Dasyatis dipterura (Jordan and Gilbert, 1880) (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), in the South Pacific. Acta Parasitol 2016; 61:713-719. [PMID: 27787212 DOI: 10.1515/ap-2016-0100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 06/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Monocotyle luquei n. sp. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) was described from gills of diamond stingray Dasyatis dipterura (Jordan and Gilbert, 1880) (Dasyatidae) off Peru. The new species can be differentiated from the other species of the genus by the combination of the following characteristics: (1) accessory sclerites on the dorsal posterior surface of the body absent, (2) only one testis is present, (3) 1-2 loops in the copulatory organ, (4) the male copulatory organ with a sclerotized accessory piece, (5) shape of five sclerites in marginal papillae, (6) size of anchor and (7) posterolateral septa bifurcated. This is the first record of species of Monocotyle Taschenberg, 1878 from the southern Pacific.
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Hershberger PK, Gregg JL, Hart LM, Moffitt S, Brenner R, Stick K, Coonradt E, Otis EO, Vollenweider JJ, Garver KA, Lovy J, Meyers TR. The parasite Ichthyophonus sp. in Pacific herring from the coastal NE Pacific. J Fish Dis 2016; 39:395-410. [PMID: 25828232 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2014] [Revised: 01/21/2015] [Accepted: 02/14/2015] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The protistan parasite Ichthyophonus occurred in populations of Pacific herring Clupea pallasii Valenciennes throughout coastal areas of the NE Pacific, ranging from Puget Sound, WA north to the Gulf of Alaska, AK. Infection prevalence in local Pacific herring stocks varied seasonally and annually, and a general pattern of increasing prevalence with host size and/or age persisted throughout the NE Pacific. An exception to this zoographic pattern occurred among a group of juvenile, age 1+ year Pacific herring from Cordova Harbor, AK in June 2010, which demonstrated an unusually high infection prevalence of 35%. Reasons for this anomaly were hypothesized to involve anthropogenic influences that resulted in locally elevated infection pressures. Interannual declines in infection prevalence from some populations (e.g. Lower Cook Inlet, AK; from 20-32% in 2007 to 0-3% during 2009-13) or from the largest size cohorts of other populations (e.g. Sitka Sound, AK; from 62.5% in 2007 to 19.6% in 2013) were likely a reflection of selective mortality among the infected cohorts. All available information for Ichthyophonus in the NE Pacific, including broad geographic range, low host specificity and presence in archived Pacific herring tissue samples dating to the 1980s, indicate a long-standing host-pathogen relationship.
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- P K Hershberger
- U. S. Geological Survey, Western Fisheries Research Center - Marrowstone Marine Field Station, Nordland, WA, USA
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- U. S. Geological Survey, Western Fisheries Research Center - Marrowstone Marine Field Station, Nordland, WA, USA
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- U. S. Geological Survey, Western Fisheries Research Center - Marrowstone Marine Field Station, Nordland, WA, USA
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- Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) - Commercial Fisheries, Cordova, AK, USA
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- Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) - Commercial Fisheries, Cordova, AK, USA
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- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fish Program, Region 4 LaConner District Office, La Conner, WA, USA
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- ADF&G - Commercial Fisheries, Sitka, AK, USA
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- ADF&G - Commercial Fisheries, Homer, AK, USA
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Alaska Fisheries Science Center - Auke Bay Laboratories, Juneau, AK, USA
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC, Canada
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- New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife, Office of Fish & Wildlife Health & Forensics, Oxford, NJ, USA
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- ADF&G - Juneau Fish Pathology Laboratory, Juneau, AK, USA
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Lindegren M, Checkley DM, Ohman MD, Koslow JA, Goericke R. Resilience and stability of a pelagic marine ecosystem. Proc Biol Sci 2016; 283:20151931. [PMID: 26763697 PMCID: PMC4721083 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Accepted: 11/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The accelerating loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services worldwide has accentuated a long-standing debate on the role of diversity in stabilizing ecological communities and has given rise to a field of research on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF). Although broad consensus has been reached regarding the positive BEF relationship, a number of important challenges remain unanswered. These primarily concern the underlying mechanisms by which diversity increases resilience and community stability, particularly the relative importance of statistical averaging and functional complementarity. Our understanding of these mechanisms relies heavily on theoretical and experimental studies, yet the degree to which theory adequately explains the dynamics and stability of natural ecosystems is largely unknown, especially in marine ecosystems. Using modelling and a unique 60-year dataset covering multiple trophic levels, we show that the pronounced multi-decadal variability of the Southern California Current System (SCCS) does not represent fundamental changes in ecosystem functioning, but a linear response to key environmental drivers channelled through bottom-up and physical control. Furthermore, we show strong temporal asynchrony between key species or functional groups within multiple trophic levels caused by opposite responses to these drivers. We argue that functional complementarity is the primary mechanism reducing community variability and promoting resilience and stability in the SCCS.
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- Martin Lindegren
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093-0218, USA Centre for Ocean Life, c/o National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Charlottenlund Castle, 2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark
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- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093-0218, USA
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- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093-0218, USA
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- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093-0218, USA
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- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093-0218, USA
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Van Bressem MF, Simões-Lopes PC, Félix F, Kiszka JJ, Daura-Jorge FG, Avila IC, Secchi ER, Flach L, Fruet PF, du Toit K, Ott PH, Elwen S, Di Giacomo AB, Wagner J, Banks A, Van Waerebeek K. Epidemiology of lobomycosis-like disease in bottlenose dolphins Tursiops spp. from South America and southern Africa. Dis Aquat Organ 2015; 117:59-75. [PMID: 26575156 DOI: 10.3354/dao02932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We report on the epidemiology of lobomycosis-like disease (LLD), a cutaneous disorder evoking lobomycosis, in 658 common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus from South America and 94 Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins T. aduncus from southern Africa. Photographs and stranding records of 387 inshore residents, 60 inshore non-residents and 305 specimens of undetermined origin (inshore and offshore) were examined for the presence of LLD lesions from 2004 to 2015. Seventeen residents, 3 non-residents and 1 inshore dolphin of unknown residence status were positive. LLD lesions appeared as single or multiple, light grey to whitish nodules and plaques that may ulcerate and increase in size over time. Among resident dolphins, prevalence varied significantly among 4 communities, being low in Posorja (2.35%, n = 85), Ecuador, and high in Salinas, Ecuador (16.7%, n = 18), and Laguna, Brazil (14.3%, n = 42). LLD prevalence increased in 36 T. truncatus from Laguna from 5.6% in 2007-2009 to 13.9% in 2013-2014, albeit not significantly. The disease has persisted for years in dolphins from Mayotte, Laguna, Salinas, the Sanquianga National Park and Bahía Málaga (Colombia) but vanished from the Tramandaí Estuary and the Mampituba River (Brazil). The geographical range of LLD has expanded in Brazil, South Africa and Ecuador, in areas that have been regularly surveyed for 10 to 35 yr. Two of the 21 LLD-affected dolphins were found dead with extensive lesions in southern Brazil, and 2 others disappeared, and presumably died, in Ecuador. These observations stress the need for targeted epidemiological, histological and molecular studies of LLD in dolphins, especially in the Southern Hemisphere.
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- Marie-Françoise Van Bressem
- Cetacean Conservation Medicine Group (CMED), Peruvian Centre for Cetacean Research (CEPEC), Museo de Delfines, Pucusana, Peru
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Justine JL, Iwaki T. Huffmanela hamo sp. n. (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae: Huffmanelinae) from the dagger-tooth pike conger Muraenesox cinereus off Japan. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 2014; 61:267-71. [PMID: 25065133 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2014.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Huffmanela hamo sp. n. is described from eggs only, which were found in black spots in the somatic musculature of a dagger-tooth pike conger, Muraenesox cinereus (Forsskål), caught off Japan. The eggs are 66-77 microm (mean 72 microm) in length and 33-38 microm (mean 35 microm) in width. The surface of the eggs is smooth and bears neither envelope nor filaments. The species is distinguished from other members of the genus by the dimensions of its eggs and the characteristics of their surface. This is the first species of Huffmanela Moravec, 1987 to be described from an anguilliform fish, and the twentieth nominal species in the genus. Similar black spots with eggs were reported four times in ten years from this fish caught off Japan; although eggs could not be examined, it is likely that the same species was involved in all cases.
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Bessesen BL, Oviedo L, Burdett Hart L, Herra-Miranda D, Pacheco-Polanco JD, Baker L, Saborío-Rodriguez G, Bermúdez-Villapol L, Acevedo-Gutiérrez A. Lacaziosis-like disease among bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus photographed in Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica. Dis Aquat Organ 2014; 107:173-180. [PMID: 24429468 DOI: 10.3354/dao02692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Lacaziosis (also known as lobomycosis) is a chronic dermal disease caused by the fungal agent Lacazia loboi, which affects both humans and dolphins. Photographic data have been used to identify lacaziosis-like disease (LLD) among dolphins in the waters of North and South America, and here we report LLD in bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus off the coast of Costa Rica, the first reporting in Central American waters. During the periods of 1991 to 1992 and 2010 to 2011, 3 research teams conducted separate dolphin surveys in the Pacific tropical fiord Golfo Dulce, and each documented skin lesions in the resident population of bottlenose dolphins. Photo-ID records were used to identify LLD-affected bottlenose dolphins and to assess their lesions. Findings showed between 13.2 and 16.1% of the identified dolphins exhibited lesions grossly resembling lacaziosis. By combining efforts and cross-referencing photographic data, the teams explored the presence of LLD in Golfo Dulce over a time gap of approximately 20 yr. Our findings expand the geographical range of the disease and offer insight into its longevity within a given population of dolphins.
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- Brooke L Bessesen
- Joyce Corrigan Memorial Care Center, Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, Arizona 85008, USA
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Other than coral bleaching, few coral diseases or diseases of other reef organisms have been reported from Japan. This is the first report of lesions similar to Porites ulcerative white spots (PUWS), brown band disease (BrB), pigmentation response (PR), and crustose coralline white syndrome (CCWS) for this region. To assess the health status and disease prevalence, qualitative and quantitative surveys (3 belt transects of 100 m² each on each reef) were performed in March and September 2010 on 2 reefs of the Ginowan-Ooyama reef complex off Okinawa, and 2 protected reefs off Zamani Island, in the Kerama Islands 40 km west of Okinawa. Overall, mean (±SD) disease prevalence was higher in Ginowan-Ooyama (9.7 ± 7.9%) compared to Zamami (3.6 ± 4.6%). Porites lutea was most affected by PUWS at Ooyama (23.1 ± 10.4 vs. 4.5 ± 5.2%). White syndrome (WS) mostly affected Acropora cytherea (12. 5 ± 18.0%) in Zamami and Oxipora lacera (10.2 ± 10%) in Ooyama. Growth anomalies (GA) and BrB were only observed on A. cytherea (8.3 ± 6.2%) and A. nobilis (0.8%) at Zamami. Black band disease affected Pachyseris speciosa (6.0 ± 4.6%) in Ooyama only. Pigmentation responses (PR) were common in massive Porites in both localities (2.6 ± 1.9 and 5.6 ± 2.3% respectively). Crustose coralline white syndrome (CCWS) was observed in both localities. These results significantly expand the geographic distribution of PUWS, BrB, PR and CCWS in the Indo-Pacific, indicating that the northernmost coral reefs in the western Pacific are susceptible to a larger number of coral diseases than previously thought.
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- E Weil
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Call Box 9000, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 00681, USA.
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Bridges JFP, Joy SM, Gallego G, Kudo M, Ye SL, Han KH, Cheng AL, Blauvelt BM. Needs for hepatocellular carcinoma control policy in the Asia-Pacific region. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2011; 12:2585-2591. [PMID: 22320959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is particularly burdensome in the Asia-Pacific region, however, cross-country comparisons have been limited to somewhat unreliable epidemiological measures. We conducted a comparative needs assessment for HCC control policy to inform HCC control efforts in the Asia-Pacific region. The aims were to identify regional needs, to compare overall competence across the region, and to identify which needs were concordant across the region. METHOD Using the self-explicated method, a stated-preference approach, clinical experts from Australia, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the United States valued ten previously identified dimensions of HCC control: clinical education; risk assessment; HBV strategy; HCV strategy; life-style risk factors; national statistics; funding for screening; funding for treatment; political awareness; and public awareness. Results were normalized and analyzed using Z-scores and ANOVA, with concordance of need across the region tested via the F-test. RESULTS Seventy-two respondents, equally drawn from the study sites, completed the survey (response rate: 36%). Respondents were hepatologists (39%), oncologists (21%), radiologists (17%), surgeons (17%), and other specialists (7%) who were involved in liver cancer control at local/regional (35%) national (44%) or international (21%) levels. In aggregate, the most significant needs were political awareness, public awareness, and life-style risk factors (all p<0.001). Significant differences in aggregate competence were observed across the region (p<0.001), with better than expected competence reported by respondents from Taiwan (p<0.001), Japan (p=0.006), and Korea (0.041), and close to expected competence reported by respondents from Australia, China, and USA (all p>0.05). There were differences in the extent of needs across the region (p<0.05) on all dimensions except funding for screening, clinical education and life style risk factors. CONCLUSIONS As the first comparative needs assessment for HCC for the Asia-Pacific region, our results can inform national and cross-national priorities for intervention and facilitate the identification of best practices. Regional efforts to control HCC should adopt as objectives the needs for greater political and public awareness and improved management of lifestyle risk factors because these are the most significant needs, and are shared concerns across the region.
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- John F P Bridges
- Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Marty GD, Hulson PJF, Miller SE, Quinn TJ, Moffitt SD, Merizon RA. Failure of population recovery in relation to disease in Pacific herring. Dis Aquat Organ 2010; 90:1-14. [PMID: 20597425 DOI: 10.3354/dao02210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Following an estimated 60% decline in population abundance in early 1993, recovery of the Pacific herring Clupea pallasii population of Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, has been impaired by disease. Comprehensive epidemiological study from 1994 through 2002 validated an age-structured assessment (ASA) model of disease and population abundance; from 2003 to 2006, the impact of disease was modeled by analyzing only 2 lesions: ulcers and white foci in the heart. The ASA model identified increased natural mortality since 1993 that can be explained by (1) epidemics associated with ulcers (prevalence about 3%) and the North American strain of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV Type IVa; prevalence up to 14%) in 1994 and 1998 and (2) relatively high prevalence of the mesomycetozoean Ichthyophonus hoferi from 1994 through 2006, including epidemics with the greatest sample prevalence in 2001 (38%, by histopathology) and 2005 (51%, estimated histopathology prevalence). Fourteen other parasites occurred at prevalence > 10%, but none were considered significant contributors to fish mortality. We predict that if natural mortality after 1994 had returned to background levels that best fit the model from 1980 to 1992 (0.25 yr(-1)), population biomass in 2006 would have been 3 times the best estimate, despite relatively poor recruitment since 1994. In conclusion, disease information can be used to explain and predict changes in populations that have confounded traditional fisheries assessment.
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- Gary D Marty
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, 1 Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616-8732, USA.
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Fang S, He J, Cheng X, Lv X. [Study on characterization of the hemagglutinin gene of avian influenza virus H5N1 subtype originated from the pan Pacific regions]. Wei Sheng Yan Jiu 2008; 37:457-460. [PMID: 18839532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To understand the gene characterization of hamagglutinin (HA) of AIV H5N1 subtype originated from the pan Pacific regions in order to find out its mutation possibility. METHODS 50 HA gene sequences originated from pan Pacific regions were downloaded, including Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, mainland of China, Mongolia and Russia, the alignments of nucleic acid and amino acid sequence of HA gene were analyzed, and the phylogenetic relationships among 50 H5N1 high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus were evaluated by bio-software DNASTAR 5.0 and MEGA 3.1. RESULTS 50 HPAI viruses were separated into 3 clusters, including Thailand and Vietnam cluster, China-Indonesia-Northern Asia cluster and the other cluster primary composed by isolates from 1996 to 2001 similar with Gs/Gd like or the other in the respect of genetype. The analysis of HA molecular characterization shows that the isolates from Thailand and Vietnam could have the similar antigenic profiles, while the others could have different molecular characterizations especially in the respect of epitope determinant sites, besides the similarity in a certain zones. CONCLUSION Hamagglutinin characterization of HPAI virus originated from the pan Pacific regions could show zone specificity, as well as with the similarity in a certain range.
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- Shisong Fang
- Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen 518020, China.
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