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Dermatitis cercarial en bañistas del norte de la Patagonia Argentina
Cercarial dermatitis of bathers in northern Argentine Patagonia

Medicina (B.Aires); 76 (1), 2016
La dermatitis cercarial es una enfermedad cutánea, zoonótica y estival, causada por una larva nadadora de trematodes de la familia Schistosomatidae, llamada cercaria. Esta larva penetra accidentalmente la piel de personas que se encuentran en el agua, generando una reacción alérgica que generalmente ...

Metazoan parasites of Geophagus brasiliensis (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in Patos lagoon, extreme south of Brazil

Abstract This study has evaluated the parasitic fauna of 79 pearl cichlids (Geophagus brasiliensis) from the estuary of Patos Lagoon (31° 57' S and 52° 06' W), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, during the months of May and June in 2011 and 2012. All the hosts analyzed were infected with at least one species o...

Pathological and parasitological characterization of infection by trematodes (Paramphistomatidae) in the large intestine of capybaras

Gross and histological lesions caused by an intestinal parasite were described in three capybaras. The parasites presented a mean length of 14 mm and width of 7 mm, were round to oval or piriform, reddish and pedunculated, and adhered strongly to the mucosa of the large intestine. The intestinal mucosa a...