First natural infection by Ascocotyle (Phagicola) longa Ransom (Digenea, Heterophyidae) in an avian host, Ardea cocoi Linnaeus (Aves, Ciconiiformes, Ardeidae) in Brazil

Barros, Luciano Antunes; Arruda, Vanessa Santos de; Gomes, Delir Corrêa; Pinto, Roberto Magalhães

doi:10.1590/s0101-81752002000100013

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“…In SA, it has been reported parasitizing different mugilid fishes from Venezuela, Peru and Brazil [73][74][75][76]. This species has also been reported as parasitizing avian hosts [77,78] and dogs in the USA, Chile, Brazil, and Peru [79][80][81][82][83][84].…”

Section: Trematodosismentioning

confidence: 99%

Current Knowledge of Small Flukes (Digenea: Heterophyidae) from South America

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Borges

2020

Korean J Parasitol

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Fish-borne heterophyid trematodes are known to have a zoonotic potential, since at least 30 species are able to infect humans worldwide, with a global infection of around 7 million people. In this paper, a ‘state-of-the-art’ review of the South American heterophyid species is provided, including classical and molecular taxonomy, parasite ecology, host-parasite interaction studies and a list of species and their hosts. There is still a lack of information on human infections in South America with undetected or unreported infections probably due to the information shortage and little attention by physicians to these small intestinal flukes. Molecular tools for specific diagnoses of South American heterophyid species are still to be defined. Additional new sequences of Pygidiopsis macrostomum, Ascocotyle pindoramensis and Ascocotyle longa from Brazil are also provided.

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