First report of various Fusarium species from the Stevenson-Hamilton Supersite granite catena system in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

Leptotrombidium subquadratum larvae were collected for the first time in 1994 from dogs in Bloemfontein. The larvae have been collected annually, during the summer months, over a period of 6-7 years. Previously the only known hosts were scrub hare (Lepus saxatilis) (locality unknown) and short-snouted elephant shrew (Elephantulus brachyrhynchus) (Kruger National Park). These mites cause severe itching and dermatitis in humans and dogs.

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New Fusarium species from the Kruger National Park, South Africa

MycoKeys ◽

10.3897/mycokeys.34.25974 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 34 ◽

pp. 63-92 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Marcelo Sandoval-Denis ◽

Wijnand J. Swart ◽

Pedro W. Crous

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Maximum Likelihood ◽

New Taxa ◽

National Park ◽

Fusarium Species ◽

Phylogenetic Inference ◽

Kruger National Park ◽

Bayesian Approaches ◽

Molecular Analyses ◽

Species Complexes

Three new Fusarium species, F.convolutans, F.fredkrugeri, and F.transvaalense (Ascomycota, Hypocreales, Nectriaceae) are described from soils collected in a catena landscape on a research supersite in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. The new taxa, isolated from the rhizosphere of three African herbaceous plants, Kyphocarpaangustifolia, Melhaniaacuminata, and Sidacordifolia, are described and illustrated by means of morphological and multilocus molecular analyses based on sequences from five DNA loci (CAL, EF-1 α, RPB1, RPB2 and TUB). According to phylogenetic inference based on Maximum-likelihood and Bayesian approaches, the newly discovered species are distributed in the Fusariumbuharicum, F.fujikuroi, and F.sambucinum species complexes.

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First report of cystic echinococcosis in rhinos: A fertile infection of Echinococcus equinus in a Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) of Kruger National Park, South Africa

International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife ◽

10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.02.007 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 ◽

pp. 260-266

Author(s):

Gianluca P. Zaffarano ◽

Lin-Mari de Klerk-Lorist ◽

Kerstin Junker ◽

Emily Mitchell ◽

Raksha Vasantrai Bhoora ◽

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Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Cystic Echinococcosis ◽

National Park ◽

Kruger National Park ◽

Ceratotherium Simum ◽

First Report ◽

White Rhinoceros ◽

Southern White Rhinoceros ◽

Ceratotherium Simum Simum

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First report of a mixed infection of Trichinella nelsoni and Trichinella T8 in a leopard (Panthera pardus) from the Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research ◽

10.4102/ojvr.v81i1.836 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 81 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Louis J. La Grange ◽

Björn Reininghaus ◽

Samson Mukaratirwa

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

National Park ◽

Natural Infection ◽

Life Cycles ◽

Kruger National Park ◽

Panthera Pardus ◽

Predator Species ◽

First Report ◽

Dietary Preference ◽

Sources Of Infection

At least three Trichinella species, namely Trichinella nelsoni, Trichinella britovi and Trichinella zimbabwensis, and one genotype (Trichinella T8), have been isolated from sylvatic carnivores on the African continent. With the exception of T. britovi, the other species are known to circulate in wildlife of the Kruger National Park (KNP), South Africa, and KNP neighbouring game reserves (collectively known as the greater KNP area). Lions (Panthera leo) and spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) appear to be the most important reservoirs of T. nelsoni and Trichinella T8 in the KNP and surrounding areas. Interspecies predation between lions and hyenas has been implicated as a primary mode of maintaining the life cycles of these two Trichinella species. This is the first report of a mixed natural infection of T. nelsoni and Trichinella T8 in a leopard (Panthera pardus) from South Africa. Trichinella muscle larvae were identified to species level by multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Probable sources of infection, based on the known dietary preference and prey species’ range of leopards, are also discussed. The described occurrence of Trichinella species in a leopard from the greater KNP area raises the question of possible sources of infection for this predator species.

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