Heterakis fariai travassos, 1913 (Nematoda-Subuluroidea)

Laboratory-Associated Infections: Incidence, Fatalities, Causes, and Prevention

“…Parker (121) referred to 100% mortality among eight nonvaccinated laboratory workers in Montana, but he did not identify them. The list of RMSF fatalities also includes Lemos Monteira (114) and his assistant, Edison Dias (183), in Brazil, and Breinl, Director of the Institute of Hygiene in Prague (34). All of the above died before 1940.…”

A revision of the nematode genus Odontoterakis Skrjabin & Schikhobalova, 1947 (Heterakoidea)

“…5). This, on the basis of Travassos (1913Travassos ( , 1945 descriptions, as well as those specimens I have studied, is a real feature of this species and not an artefact. Supernumerary papillae are not present on all specimens, and the more anterior pair of the periclocals is absent from some.…”

“…Baylis contrasted this condition with the more extensive, strongly curved and recurrent cordons of the Asiatic genus Pseudaspidodera Maplestone, 1926; as did Travassos (1945) when he redescribed his earlier species, H. fariai Travassos, 1913, with cordons identical to those of one of the Baylis species.…”

First report of Anisakis sp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) parasitizing Muscovy duck in Marajó Island, state of Pará, Brazil

“…According to Vicente et al (1995b) the previous reports of Anisakidae parasitizing birds in Brazil were only of Contracaecum genus such as Contracaecum caballeroi Bravo-Hollis, 1939 in Falconiformes (Pinto et al, 1994); Contracaecum crenulatum Schuurmans-Stekhoven, 1937 in Pelecaniformes (Rodrigues & Vicente, 1969); Contracaecum granulosum (Schneider, 1866) Baylis, 1932 in Suliformes (Rodrigues & Vicente, 1969;Vicente et al, 1995a); Contracaecum microcephalum (Rudolphi, 1809) Baylis, 1920 Pelecaniformes; Contracaecum multipapillatum (Drasche, 1882) Baylis, 1920 in Ciconiiformes and Suliformes (Cram, 1927;Vicente et al, 1995a); Contracaecum pelagicum Johnston & Mawson, 1942 in Sphenisciformes (Rodrigues & Rodrigues, 1970); Contracaecum plagiaticium Lent & Freitas, 1948 in Pelecaniformes and Contracaecum sp. in Pelecaniformes (Travassos, 1945;Vicente et al, 1993Vicente et al, , 1995b.…”