Melanoides tuberculata (MOLLUSCA: THIARIDAE) AS AN INTERMEDIATE HOST OF Centrocestus formosanus (TREMATODA: HETEROPHYIDAE) IN BRAZIL

Pleurolophocercous cercariae emerged from naturally infected Melanoides tuberculata from Minas Gerais State, Brazil, were used to perform experimental infection of laboratory-reared Poecilia reticulata. Mature metacercariae were obtained from the gills of fishes and force-fed to Mus musculus. The ad...

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Published inRevista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 207 - 210
Main Authors ALVES PINTO, Hudson, DE MELO, Alan Lane
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published São Paulo Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 01.07.2010
Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
Instituto de Medicina Tropical
Subjects
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Brazil
General aspects
Host-Parasite Interactions
Medical sciences
Mice
Poecilia - parasitology
Snails - parasitology
Trematoda - classification
Trematoda - isolation & purification
Trematoda - physiology
TROPICAL MEDICINE
South America
Brazil
America
Experimental infection
Centrocestus formosanus
Melanoides tuberculata
Helmintha
Plathelmintha
Brazil
Tropical medicine
Intermediate host
Invertebrata
Trematoda
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Summary:Pleurolophocercous cercariae emerged from naturally infected Melanoides tuberculata from Minas Gerais State, Brazil, were used to perform experimental infection of laboratory-reared Poecilia reticulata. Mature metacercariae were obtained from the gills of fishes and force-fed to Mus musculus. The adult parasites which recovered from small intestines of mice were identified as Centrocestus formosanus. This is the first report of M. tuberculata as intermediate host of this heterophyid in Brazil.
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ISSN:0036-4665
1678-9946
1678-9946
0036-4665
DOI:10.1590/S0036-46652010000400008