Invasion, establishment, and range expansion of two parasitic nematodes in the Canadian Arctic
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Climate warming is occurring at an unprecedented rate in the Arctic and is having profound effects on host‐parasite interactions, including range expansion. Recently, two species of protostrongylid nematodes have emerged for the first time in muskoxen and caribou on Victoria Island in the western Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Umingmakstrongylus pallikuukensis, the muskox lungworm, was detected for the first time in 2008 in muskoxen at a community hunt on the southwest corner of the island and by 2012, it was found several hundred kilometers east in commercially harvested muskoxen near the town of Ikaluktutiak. In 2010, Varestrongylus sp., a recently discovered lungworm of caribou and muskoxen was found in muskoxen near Ikaluktutiak and has been found annually in this area since then. Whereas invasion of the island by U. pallikuukensis appears to have been mediated by stochastic movement of muskoxen from the mainland to the southwest corner of the island, Varestrongylus has likely been introduced at several times and locations by the seasonal migration of caribou between the island and the mainland. A newly permissive climate, now suitable for completion of the parasite life cycles in a single summer, likely facilitated the initial establishment and now drives range expansion for both parasites.
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Changing pathogen distribution and disease dynamics have been observed with climate-driven range expansion of the lung nematode Umingmakstrongylus pallikuukensis in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, the emergence of parapox virus, and increasing observations of Brucella-like lesions on Victoria Island, Canada.
“Changing pathogen distribution and disease dynamics have also been observed with climate-driven range expansion of the lung nematode Umingmakstrongylus pallikuukensis in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (Kutz et al. 2013a, b; Kafle et al. 2017), the emergence of parapox virus, and increasing observations of Brucella-like lesions on Victoria Island, Canada (Tomaselli et al. 2016).”
From Muskox status, recent variation, and uncertain future (2020) · cites this paper as Kutz et al. 2013a, b
Muskox lungworms are expanding their range.
“the range expansion of muskox lungworms”
From Chromosomal-level reference genome assembly of muskox (Ovibos moschatus) from Banks Island in the Canadian Arctic, a resource for conservation genomics (2024) · cites this paper as [24]
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- Authors
- Kutz, S. J., Checkley, S., Verocai, G. G., Dumond, M., Hoberg, E. P., Peacock, R., Wu, J. P., Orsel, K., Seegers, K., Warren, A. L., & Abrams, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Government of Nunavut (CA)
- US National Parasite Collection 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville MD 20705‐2350 USA
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Kutz, Susan J.
- Venue
- Global Change Biology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2013-09-11
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 3254-3262
- ISSN
- 1354-1013 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2486
- OpenAlex
- W2159161430
- Cited by
- 102
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 10
- FWCI
- 12.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Global Change Biology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Helminth infection and control
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Mollusks and Parasites Studies
- Keywords
- parasitic nematodes, Ovibos moschatus, reindeer, lungworm, biological invasions, global warming, host-parasite interactions, Victoria Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, seasonal migration, parasite life cycle
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Arctic Regions, Canada, DNA, Ribosomal, Feces, Lung, Male, Molecular Sequence Data, Nematoda, Ruminants, Sequence Analysis, DNA, DNA, Helminth
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