Primera identificación de Echinococcus vogeli en una paca en la provincia de Misiones, Argentina / [First report of Echinococcus vogeli in a paca in Misiones province, Argentina].
Rev. argent. microbiol
; Rev. argent. microbiol;45(3): 169-73, set. 2013.
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ABSTRACT
We report the first finding of Echinococcus vogeli in a paca, Cuniculus paca, in the tropical forest of Misiones, in the north of Argentina. The presence of the bush dog, Speothos venaticus, E. vogelís only natural definitive host, was also reported. The polycystic hydatids, 2 to 3 cm in diameter, were only found in the liver of an adult paca. The size range of the hooks and the relative proportion blade/handle did not show significant differences with respect to the ones reported for E. vogeli. The size of E. granulosus hooks, measured for comparison purposes, was significantly smaller (p E. vogeli in Argentina. The probability of finding neotropical echinococcosis in humans reinforces the need to expand the search for E. vogeli in Argentina. Echinococcosis due to E. vogeli is very aggressive and may cause death in about a third of the human population affected.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
BINACIS
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LILACS
Assunto principal:
Roedores
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Equinococose
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Echinococcus
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Fígado
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Argentina
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev. argent. microbiol
Assunto da revista:
MICROBIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Argentina