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Title: Neotropical echinococcosis: Second report of Echinococcus vogeli natural infection in its main definitive host, the bush dog (Speothos venaticus)
Authors: SOARES, Manoel do Carmo PereiraSOUZA, Alex Junior Souza deMALHEIROS, Andreza PinheiroNUNES, Heloisa MarcelianoCARNEIRO, Liliane AlmeidaALVES, Max MoreiraCONCEICAO, Bernardo Farias daGOMES-GOUVEA, Michele SoaresPOVOA, Marinete Marins
Citation: PARASITOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, v.63, n.2, p.485-487, 2014
Abstract: The bush dog (Speothos venaticus) acts as the natural definitive host in the life cycle of Echinococcus vogeli, the causative agent of polycystic hydatid disease, a zoonotic neglected disease in the South America. We report a case of natural infection by Echinococcus vogeli in a bush dog from the Brazilian Amazon, confirmed by the morphological and morphometric examination of adult parasites and their hooks obtained from the small intestine of the canid. Additionally, mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis corroborated these findings. This is the second report of natural infection by E. vogeli in a bush dog.
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