Morphology and Molecular Characterization of Parabronema smithii (Cobbold, 1882) (Nematoda: Habronematidae) from Wild Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) of Sri Lanka.
Lasanthika D ThewarageDuminda Sampath Bandara DissanayakeUdari S PereraAnura T BandaraB V P PereraS WickramasingheR P V J RajapaksePublished in: Acta parasitologica (2020)
Parabronema smithii isolated from wild elephants exhibited the key morphological features. Phylogenetic analysis of selected genes revealed that P. smithii is closely associated with P. skrjabini and Habronema spp. Findings of the present study enhance our understanding of the biology and taxonomy of P. smithii in wild elephant in Sri Lanka and will contribute to future phylogeographic studies.