Further Description and First Genetic Characterization of Oswaldofilaria bacillaris (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) Infecting the Pantanal Caiman (Caiman yacare), with Insights into the Phylogeny of Oswaldofilaria

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Glória M. C. Lacerda · Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Gustavo M. do Carmo · Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Lorena G. Ailán-Choke · Centro Científico Tecnológico - Nordeste

Fernando Paiva · Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul

Luiz E. R. Tavares · Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul

João A. de Araújo-Filho · Universidade Regional do Cariri

Samuel C. Ribeiro · Instituto de Conservação de Animais Silvestres

Abstract

The present findings strengthened the specific diagnosis of O. bacillaris and elucidated the morphological contradictions. The phylogeny reinforced the hypotheses that Oswaldofilaria emerged in lizards and colonized crocodilians by host switch, and reduction in number of caudal papillae in males is a derived feature.

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Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Insects and Parasite Interactions Mollusks and Parasites Studies

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Published in: Acta Parasitologica

Volume 71, Issue 2

DOI: 10.1007/s11686-026-01264-7

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Further Description and First Genetic Characterization of Oswaldofilaria bacillaris (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) Infecting the Pantanal Caiman (Caiman yacare), with Insights into the Phylogeny of Oswaldofilaria

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