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| Author(s): |
Filogonio, R.
[1]
;
Toledo, G. M.
[2]
;
Anjos, L. A.
[2]
;
Rajao, B.
[3]
;
Galdino, C. A. B.
[4]
;
Nascimento, L. B.
[4, 5]
Total Authors: 6
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| Affiliation: | [1] UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Zool, Inst Biociencias, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Parasitol, Inst Biociencias, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Funcesi Fisa, Lab Morfol, Itabira, MG - Brazil
[4] Pontificia Univ Catolica Minas Gerais, Programa Posgrad Zool Vertebrados, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil
[5] Pontificia Univ Catolica Minas Gerais, Museu Ciencias Nat, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 5
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | JOURNAL OF HELMINTHOLOGY; v. 87, n. 2, p. 135-140, JUN 2013. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 2 |
| Abstract | |
Specimens (n = 41) of the amphisbaenid Amphisbaena wuchereri taken from a population in Minas Gerais state, south-eastern Brazil, were examined for gastrointestinal parasites. A single nematode species was found, Paradollfusnema amphisbaenia. This was a new host record for this nematode species. This parasite was encountered in the large intestine (prevalence of 100%), in the stomach (prevalence of 2%) and in the small intestine (prevalence of 7.3%). The intensity of infection ranged from 1 to 457 individual parasites per host and was positively correlated with body size of both male and female amphisbaenians. The discrepancy index (D) indicated that P. amphisbaenia tended to an even distribution in this host population. The nematode, which did not affect fat body mass, induced inflammatory infiltrations in the small intestine, indicating that the parasites might injure the host's organs. (AU) | |