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Gnathostomatidae nematode parasite of Colomesus psittacus (Osteichthyes, Tetraodontiformes) in the Ilha de Marajó, Brazilian Amazon

Overview of attention for article published in Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, September 2017
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Title
Gnathostomatidae nematode parasite of Colomesus psittacus (Osteichthyes, Tetraodontiformes) in the Ilha de Marajó, Brazilian Amazon
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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, September 2017
DOI 10.1590/s1984-29612017047
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Raul Henrique da Silva Pinheiro, Ricardo Luís Sousa Santana, Francisco Tiago Vasconcelos Melo, Jeannie Nascimento dos Santos, Elane Guerreiro Giese

Abstract

The genus Gnathostoma comprises 17 species, whose adult specimens are found in the stomach serosa of animals that consume raw fish; some species of the genus are zoonotic agents. The present study describes the presence of a nematode (Gnathostomatidae) parasitizing the digestive tract of Colomesus psittacus in the Ilha de Marajó in the eastern Brazilian Amazon. Thirty specimens of C. psittacus were collected in the municipality of Soure, Ilha de Marajó, state of Pará, Brazil, transported to the laboratory, necropsied and the helminths were collected and fixed. Of the 30 fish that were studied, 16.67% were parasitized with nematodes. The nematode larvae found encysted in the intestinal serosa have anterior region with two lips, each with a pair of papillae; a cephalic bulb armed with six rows of discontinuous spines; four cervical sacs; a claviform esophagus; cuticular striations along the body; a simple excretory pore; and a short tail ending in a mucron. These morphological structures are diagnostic characters of the genus Gnathostoma, whose adults parasitize the stomach of carnivorous mammals and, rarely, the stomach of fish. However, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds are intermediate hosts of the third-stage larvae (L3), and humans may act as accidental hosts.

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Unknown 16 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 3 19%
Student > Bachelor 2 13%
Unspecified 1 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 6%
Other 1 6%
Other 2 13%
Unknown 6 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 13%
Unspecified 1 6%
Environmental Science 1 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 6%
Other 2 13%
Unknown 7 44%
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