2011
DOI: 10.1590/s1984-29612011000100019
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First record of Trypanosoma sp. (Protozoa: Kinetoplastida) in tuvira (Gymnotus aff. inaequilabiatus) in the Pantanal wetland, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil

Abstract: The blood infection by Trypanosoma sp. in tuvira (Gymnotus aff. inaequilabiatus) from the Pantanal wetland was reported in this study. Ten fish from the Paraguay River in the Pantanal were evaluated for the presence of hemoflagellates. Trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma sp. were observed in blood smears from three fish (30% prevalence) and some forms were seen to be undergoing division. Using the diagnostic methods of fresh examination and blood centrifugation in hematocrit capillary tubes, the prevalence rate was… Show more

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“…In marine and freshwater fish populations, Trypanosoma spp. maintain their life cycle by using hematophagous invertebrates as primary hosts, namely leech species, and subsequently fish populations (D' AGOSTO & SERRA-FREIRE, 1993;WOO, 1998;PÁDUA et al, 2011;HAYES et al, 2014;LEMOS et al, 2015). Trypanosoma spp.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In marine and freshwater fish populations, Trypanosoma spp. maintain their life cycle by using hematophagous invertebrates as primary hosts, namely leech species, and subsequently fish populations (D' AGOSTO & SERRA-FREIRE, 1993;WOO, 1998;PÁDUA et al, 2011;HAYES et al, 2014;LEMOS et al, 2015). Trypanosoma spp.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…During the infectious process on the host, asexual reproduction by cellular division was described in infected knifefish Gymnotus aff. inaequilabiatus (PÁDUA et al, 2011b). Tripomastigote, epimastigote, amastigote and several dividing flagellate forms were observed in the stomach of leech Batracobdella gemmata, vector of trypanosomiasis to the loricariid catfish Hypostomus punctatus (D' AGOSTO & SERRA-FREIRE, 1993).…”
Section: Life Cyclementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Trypanosoma are single celled flagellated protozoans that are generally found in the blood of vertebrates and can cause trypanosomiasis of fish, including fresh water fish (Smit et al 2004;Davies et al 2005;Padua et al 2011). Piscine trypanosomes are always transmitted by leeches (Woo 2006) and can be detected in the peripheral blood of various freshwater and marine fish species (Bruno et al 2006).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%