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Infection patterns of Paradollfusnema amphisbaenia (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) in a population of Amphisbaena wuchereri (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from Minas Gerais state, south-eastern Brazil, and its relations with host size, sex and fat body mass

dc.contributor.authorFilogonio, R. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorToledo, G. M. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorAnjos, L. A. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorRajão, B.
dc.contributor.authorGaldino, C. A B
dc.contributor.authorNascimento, L. B.
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionLaboratório de Morfologia
dc.contributor.institutionPontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC-Minas)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:29:35Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:29:35Z
dc.date.issued2013-06-01
dc.description.abstractSpecimens (n= 41) of the amphisbaenid Amphisbaena wuchereri taken from a population in Minas Gerais state, south-eastern Brazil, were examined for gastrointestinal parasites. A single nematode species was found, Paradollfusnema amphisbaenia. This was a new host record for this nematode species. This parasite was encountered in the large intestine (prevalence of 100%), in the stomach (prevalence of 2%) and in the small intestine (prevalence of 7.3%). The intensity of infection ranged from 1 to 457 individual parasites per host and was positively correlated with body size of both male and female amphisbaenians. The discrepancy index (D) indicated that P. amphisbaenia tended to an even distribution in this host population. The nematode, which did not affect fat body mass, induced inflammatory infiltrations in the small intestine, indicating that the parasites might injure the host's organs. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012.en
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Zoologia UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista Campus Rio Claro, Instituto de Biociências, Rio Claro, São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Parasitologia UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista Campus Botucatu, Botucatu, São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationFuncesi/Fisa Laboratório de Morfologia, Itabira, Minas Gerais
dc.description.affiliationPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia de Vertebrados Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
dc.description.affiliationMuseu de Ciências Naturais Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Zoologia UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista Campus Rio Claro, Instituto de Biociências, Rio Claro, São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Parasitologia UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista Campus Botucatu, Botucatu, São Paulo
dc.format.extent135-140
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X11000794
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Helminthology, v. 87, n. 2, p. 135-140, 2013.
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0022149X11000794
dc.identifier.file2-s2.0-84877307387.pdf
dc.identifier.issn0022-149X
dc.identifier.issn1475-2697
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84877307387
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/75529
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000318628200002
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Helminthology
dc.relation.ispartofjcr1.344
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,553
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAmphisbaena wuchereri
dc.subjectanimal experiment
dc.subjectanimal model
dc.subjectbody mass
dc.subjectbody size
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.subjectfat mass
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjectlarge intestine
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectnematode
dc.subjectnematodiasis
dc.subjectnonhuman
dc.subjectParadollfusnema amphisbaenia
dc.subjectsex
dc.subjectsmall intestine
dc.subjectsquamate
dc.titleInfection patterns of Paradollfusnema amphisbaenia (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) in a population of Amphisbaena wuchereri (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from Minas Gerais state, south-eastern Brazil, and its relations with host size, sex and fat body massen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://journals.cambridge.org/action/displaySpecialPage?pageId=4676
dspace.entity.typePublication
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-5436-7102[1]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0001-8209-3121[5]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Botucatupt
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Rio Claropt
unesp.departmentParasitologia - IBBpt
unesp.departmentZoologia - IBpt

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