LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Parasitological and histological aspects of Holochilus sciureus naturally infected by Schistosoma mansoni

Silva-Souza, Nêuton da; Silva, Ana Patrícia de Carvalho da; Oliveira, Renata Mondego de; Lira, Maria Gabriela Sampaio; Nogueira, Ranielly Araújo; Penha-Silva, Tatiane Aranha da; Melo, Solange de Araújo; Andrade, Fábio Henrique Evangelista de; Santos-Ribeiro, Larissa Sarmento dos; Carvalho Neta, Alcina Vieira de; Abreu-Silva, Ana Lucia.

Rev. bras. parasitol. vet; 28 (4), 2019

Abstract Schistosomiasis is a neglected disease that affects millions of people around the world, being common in the state of Maranhão. A total of 225 rodents of the Holochilus sciureus species from the Western Lowland Maranhão were studied, of which 144 animals (64%) exhibited Schistosoma eggs in the...

Heces/parasitología, Recuento de Huevos de Parásitos, Schistosoma mansoni/aislamiento & purificación, Esquistosomiasis mansoni/parasitología, Esquistosomiasis mansoni/patología, Esquistosomiasis mansoni/veterinaria, Sigmodontinae/parasitología

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New morphological data of Litomosoides chagasfilhoi (Nematoda: Filarioidea) parasitizing Nectomys squamipes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract Litomosoides chagasfilhoi, originally described by Moraes Neto, Lanfredi & De Souza (1997) parasitizing the abdominal cavity of the wild rodent, Akodon cursor (Winge, 1887), was found in the abdominal cavity of Nectomys squamipes (Brants, 1827), from the municipality of Rio Bonito, Rio de Ja...