A paruterinid metacestode in the liver of a Neotropical bat (Molossus molossus)
- 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 is the first identification of cestodes of the family Paruterinidae in bats and may suggest a broad range of paruterinid tapeworm hosts to be investigated in the Brazilian Amazon.
- Agid:
- 6286623
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2019.01.007