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1. A paruterinid metacestode in the liver of a Neotropical bat (Molossus molossus)

Author:
Alex Junior Souza de Souza; Andreza Pinheiro Malheiros; Max Moreira Alves; André Antônio Corrêa das Chagas; Lilian Rose Marques de Sá; Manoel do Carmo Pereira Soares
Source:
Parasitology international 2019 v.70 pp. 46-50
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Cestoda; Molossus; frugivores; genes; histopathology; hosts; larvae; liver; phylogeny; ribosomal DNA; tapeworms; Amazonia; Brazil
Abstract:
... We describe a case of microscopic liver lesion caused by larval cestode in a frugivorous bat (Molossus molossus) from the Western Brazilian Amazon. Histopathological analysis of liver indicated the occurrence of metacestode associated with multifocal histiocytic response and the phylogenetic analysis of Cox-I and 18S rDNA genes indicated that the parasite belonged to the family Paruterinidae. This ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2019.01.007