Discovery of a new Hepatozoon species namely Hepatozoon viperoi sp. nov. in nose-horned vipers in Turkiye

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dc.authoridCeylan, Onur/0000-0002-3514-5221
dc.authoridCeylan, Ceylan/0000-0001-8072-2983
dc.contributor.authorCeylan, Onur
dc.contributor.authorUngari, Leticia Pereira
dc.contributor.authorSoenmez, Gonca
dc.contributor.authorGul, Cigdem
dc.contributor.authorCeylan, Ceylan
dc.contributor.authorTosunoglu, Murat
dc.contributor.authorBaycan, Bengi
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-24T19:27:57Z
dc.date.available2024-12-24T19:27:57Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentSiirt Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractAlthough Hepatozoon spp. remains the most prevalent intracellular protozoa infecting snakes, it was reported only in a few snake species of the Colubridae family in Turkiye. Moreover, studies on these hemoparasites are not available in venomous nose-horned vipers from Turkiye. In this study, we investigated Hepatozoon spp. in three individual Vipera ammodytes using morphological and molecular methods. Our results were positive for intraerythrocytic Hepatozoon spp. gamonts in all three snakes, exhibiting low parasitemia. The microscopic findings were further confirmed through molecular data. A genus-specific PCR assay targeting the 18S rRNA gene region of Hepatozoon spp., was performed using HemoF/HemoR and Hep300/Hep900 primers. The obtained sequences were concatenated and used in phylogenetic analyses in comparison with different Hepatozoon species. Although our (OP377741) isolate was separated into a different branch, it was clustered with the isolates of H. massardi (KC342526), H. cevapii (KC342525), and H. annulatum (ON262426) from Brazilian snakes. Moreover, gene similarity and pair-wise distance between our isolate and other Hepatozoon species infecting snakes were found to be 89.30-98.63% and 0.009-0.077, respectively. Hence, we reported a new species of Hepatozoon, namely Hepatozoon viperoi sp. nov. infecting V. ammodytes. Since the literature does not indicate the existence of such a Hepatozoon species in V. ammodytes in different countries, our data may contribute to the expanding knowledge of Hepatozoon species in snakes, providing new insights into the biodiversity of the haemogregarine protozoan parasite.
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-023-36814-w
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.pmid37322098
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85162015559
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36814-w
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12604/6833
dc.identifier.volume13
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001012136600047
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNature Portfolio
dc.relation.ispartofScientific Reports
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241222
dc.titleDiscovery of a new Hepatozoon species namely Hepatozoon viperoi sp. nov. in nose-horned vipers in Turkiye
dc.typeArticle

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