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The distribution of Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica within southern Tanzania – constraints associated with the intermediate host

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2008

S. M. WALKER ,
A. E. MAKUNDI ,
F. V. NAMUBA ,
A. A. KASSUKU ,
J. KEYYU ,
E. M. HOEY ,
P. PRÖDOHL ,
J. R. STOTHARD  and
A. TRUDGETT
S. M. WALKER*
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, The Queen's University of Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL
A. E. MAKUNDI
Affiliation:
Open University of Tanzania, Manyara Regional Centre, P.O. Box 271, Babati, Tanzania
F. V. NAMUBA
Affiliation:
Open University of Tanzania, Manyara Regional Centre, P.O. Box 271, Babati, Tanzania
A. A. KASSUKU
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P.O. Box 3019, Morogoro, Tanzania
J. KEYYU
Affiliation:
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, P.O. Box 661, Arusha, Tanzania
E. M. HOEY
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, The Queen's University of Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL
P. PRÖDOHL
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, The Queen's University of Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL
J. R. STOTHARD
Affiliation:
The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
A. TRUDGETT
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, The Queen's University of Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL
*
*Corresponding author: School of Biological Sciences, The Queen's University of Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL. E-mail: s.m.walker@qub.ac.uk
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Summary

In East Africa, Fasciola gigantica is generally the causative agent of fasciolosis but there have been reports of F. hepatica in cattle from highland regions of Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Zaire. The topography of the Southern Highlands of Tanzania provides an environment where the climatic conditions exist for the sustenance of lymnaeid species capable of supporting both Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica. Theoretically this would allow interaction between fasciolid species and the possible creation of hybrids. In this report we present molecular data confirming the existence of the snail, Lymnaea truncatula, at high altitude on the Kitulo Plateau of the Southern Highlands, Tanzania, along with morphometric and molecular data confirming the presence of F. hepatica in the corresponding area. At lower altitudes, where climatic conditions were unfavourable for the existence of L. truncatula, the presence of its sister species L. natalensis was confirmed by molecular data along with its preferred fasciolid parasite, F. gigantica. Analysis based on a 618 bp sequence of the 28S rRNA gene did not reveal the presence of hybrid fasciolids in our fluke samples.

Keywords

Fasciola hepaticaFasciola giganticaliver flukeLymnaeasnail host

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Parasitology , Volume 135 , Issue 4 , April 2008 , pp. 495 - 503
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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