Melanoides tuberculata as intermediate host of Philophthalmus gralli in Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Hudson Alves Pinto¹  Alan Lane De Melo¹ 

[1] ,UFMG Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Departamento de ParasitologiaBelo Horizonte MG ,Brasil

关键词: Philophthalmus gralli;    Melanoides tuberculata;    Eyefluke;    Brazil;    Snail intermediate host;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46652010000600007

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Melanoides tuberculata that naturally harbored trematode larvae were collected at the Pampulha dam, Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais, Brazil), during malacological surveys conducted from 2006 to 2010. From 7,164 specimens of M. tuberculata collected, 25 (0.35%) were infected by cercariae, which have been morphologically characterized as belonging to the Megalurous group, genus Philophthalmus. Excysted metacercariae were used for successful experimental infection of Gallus gallus domesticus, and adult parasites recovered from the nictitating membranes of chickens were identified as Philophthalmus gralli. This is the first report of P. gralli in M. tuberculata in Brazil.

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