First report on the prevalence of Klossiella muris in Mus musculus for S. Miguel Island - Azores (Portugal)

R Camarinho; P V Garcia; A C Mendonça; A S Rodrigues

doi:10.1016/j.vprsr.2020.100511

First report on the prevalence of Klossiella muris in Mus musculus for S. Miguel Island - Azores (Portugal)

Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports. 2021 Jan:23:100511. doi: 10.1016/j.vprsr.2020.100511. Epub 2020 Dec 7.

Authors

R Camarinho¹, P V Garcia², A C Mendonça³, A S Rodrigues⁴

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Azores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Portugal; IVAR - Instituto de Vulcanologia e Avaliação de Riscos, University of the Azores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Portugal. Electronic address: Ricardo.AD.Camarinho@uac.pt.
² Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Azores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Portugal; CE3C - cE3c, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group, University of the Azores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal. Electronic address: Patricia.V.Garcia@uac.pt.
³ Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Azores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Portugal.
⁴ Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Azores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Portugal; IVAR - Instituto de Vulcanologia e Avaliação de Riscos, University of the Azores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Portugal. Electronic address: Armindo.S.Rodrigues@uac.pt.

PMID: 33678366
DOI: 10.1016/j.vprsr.2020.100511

Abstract

Klossiella is a genus of apicomplexan coccidian parasites with a global distribution, whose members typically infect the renal tissue of a wide variety of vertebrate hosts with a high level of host specificity. The presence of this parasite has been previously associated with kidney inflammatory processes. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the prevalence of Klossiella muris in the house mouse (Mus musculus) in Portugal (São Miguel Island - Azores). The prevalence of K. muris was determined through histopathological examination of renal tissue collected during necropsy of 130 mice captured between the years of 2011-2019. K. muris was diagnosed in 45.38% (CI₉₅: 40.9-85.4) of the examined mice. Infection with this parasite was associated with mild to severe kidney inflammation, assessed by the presence of inflammatory processes in the renal cortex and medulla. CAPSULE: First record on coccidiosis caused by infection of Klossiella muris in Mus musculus in Portugal.

Keywords: Coccidian protozoa; House mouse; Kidney inflammation; Klossiella muris.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Azores
Coccidiosis* / epidemiology
Coccidiosis* / veterinary
Eucoccidiida*
Mice / parasitology*
Portugal / epidemiology
Prevalence
Rodent Diseases* / epidemiology
Rodent Diseases* / parasitology