Scientists have identified Siberian mites in African bats
A Russian-American group of researchers, including Maria Orlova, a biotechnology researcher at Tomsk State University, has shown spinturnicidae mites in African bats, which are widespread in Eurasia, including Siberia. It is these ectoparasites that can act as carriers of certain diseases. This species was first discovered on the African continent. The research results are published in the latest issue of the international highly ranked journal International Journal of Acarology.
Because of the coronavirus epidemic, studies of the ecology of bats are becoming increasingly relevant, including the study of their ectoparasites (organisms that parasitize on the surface of the body) - they are capable of acting as carriers of many dangerous diseases. But before identifying infections, scientists need to figure out what types of parasites live on bats. This is precisely what the Russian-American group of researchers, which includes Maria Orlova, a senior researcher at the TSU Laboratory of Biodiversity Monitoring of the Biological Institute, is doing.
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