Pathology and first report of natural infections of the eye trematode Philophthalmus lachrymosus Braun, 1902 (Digenea, Philophthalmidae) in a non-human mammalian host

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Roberto Magalhães Pinto²  Leonilda Correia Dos Santos¹  Rogerio Tortelly¹  Rodrigo Caldas Menezes¹  Wanderlei De Moraes¹  Julio Cesar Juvenal¹  Delir Corrêa Gomes² 

[1] ,Fiocruz Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Departamento de HelmintologiaRio de Janeiro RJ ,Brasil

关键词: Digenea;    Philophtalmus lachrymosus;    mammals;    Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris;    pathology;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762005000600012

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The avian eye trematode Philophthalmus lachrymosus Braun, 1902 is for the first time referred naturally occurring in a non-human mammalian host. Previously, natural infections with P. lachrymosus and other species of Philophthalmus have been occasionally reported from man, with few data on experimental infections of non-human mammals. Results presented here are related to the report of two cases of philophthalmosis due to natural infections of wild Brazilian capybaras, Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris L., 1766 with P. lachrymosus and associated pathology. Clinical signs, gross and microscopic lesions as well as new morphometric data on the parasite are presented.

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