Bokaba Refilwe Philadelphia, Dermauw Veronique, Morar-Leather Darshana, Dorny Pierre, Neves Luis
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort, Pretoria 0110, South Africa.
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium.
Pathogens. 2022 Aug 1;11(8):868. doi: 10.3390/pathogens11080868.
() is a protozoan parasite, which infects a wide variety of mammals and bird species globally. In large parts of the world, this parasite is relatively well documented in wildlife species, however, this topic is poorly documented in Africa. The current review systematically explores the presence and distribution of in African wildlife species through a key word search in PubMed, Web of Science and CAB Direct. A total of 66 records were identified and included in the qualitative analysis, of which 19 records were retained for the quantitative synthesis. The presence of was reported in a wide range of wildlife species, found in twelve countries, spread over the African continent. The retained records report a prevalence range of 6-100% in herbivores, 8-100% in omnivores and 14-100% in carnivores. In wild felines (cheetahs, leopards, and lions) a prevalence range of 33-100% was found. Reports from South Africa, and on the presence of in lion were most common. Overall, the results indicate the scarcity of information on in Africa and its circulation in wildlife. The lack of knowledge on the parasite in Africa, especially in areas at the human-livestock-wildlife interface, prevents us from understanding how prevalent it is on the continent, what strains are circulating in wildlife and what the most common routes of transmission are in the different habitats in Africa.
（）是一种原生动物寄生虫，在全球感染多种哺乳动物和鸟类。在世界大部分地区，这种寄生虫在野生动物物种中有相对充分的文献记载，然而，在非洲，这个主题的文献记载很少。本综述通过在PubMed、科学网和CAB Direct中进行关键词搜索，系统地探索了（）在非洲野生动物物种中的存在和分布情况。总共识别出66条记录并纳入定性分析，其中19条记录被保留用于定量综合分析。在非洲大陆分布的12个国家的多种野生动物物种中报告了（）的存在。保留的记录显示，食草动物的感染率范围为6%-100%，杂食动物为8%-100%，食肉动物为14%-100%。在野生猫科动物（猎豹、豹子和狮子）中，感染率范围为33%-100%。来自南非的报告以及关于狮子感染（）的报告最为常见。总体而言，结果表明非洲关于（）及其在野生动物中传播的信息匮乏。在非洲，尤其是在人类-牲畜-野生动物交界处的地区，对这种寄生虫缺乏了解，这使我们无法了解它在非洲大陆的流行程度、在野生动物中传播的菌株以及在非洲不同栖息地最常见的传播途径。
