First Report of Lymnaea columella Say, 1817 (Pulmonata: Lymnaeidae) Naturally Infected with Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus,1758) (Trematoda: Digenea) in Argentina

We report the first evidence of natural infection of Lymnaea columella with Fasciola hepatica in Argentina. A sample of 601 snails was collected in May 2003 in northeastern Corrientes, a province bounded on the north by Paraguay, on the east by Brazil and on the southeast by Uruguay. Among 500 exa...

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Autores principales: Prepelitchi, Lucila, Kleiman, Florencia, Pietrokovsky, Silvia M., Moriena, Ricardo Antonio, Racioppi, Oscar, Álvarez, José Darío, Wisnivesky Colli, Cristina
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spelling I48-R184-123456789-497562024-10-23T10:50:51Z First Report of Lymnaea columella Say, 1817 (Pulmonata: Lymnaeidae) Naturally Infected with Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus,1758) (Trematoda: Digenea) in Argentina Prepelitchi, Lucila Kleiman, Florencia Pietrokovsky, Silvia M. Moriena, Ricardo Antonio Racioppi, Oscar Álvarez, José Darío Wisnivesky Colli, Cristina Lymnaea columella Fasciola hepatica infection Argentina We report the first evidence of natural infection of Lymnaea columella with Fasciola hepatica in Argentina. A sample of 601 snails was collected in May 2003 in northeastern Corrientes, a province bounded on the north by Paraguay, on the east by Brazil and on the southeast by Uruguay. Among 500 examined snails, 44 (8.8%) were exclusively infected with F. hepatica. Parasite identification was based on morphological features of cercariae from snails, and of eggs and adult flukes from Wistar rats. We discuss the events suggesting that an enzootic transmission cycle of F. hepatica has been recently established in northeastern Corrientes. 2022-08-10T19:00:36Z 2022-08-10T19:00:36Z 2003 Artículo Prepelitchi, Lucila, et al., 2003. First Report of Lymnaea columella Say, 1817 (Pulmonata: Lymnaeidae) Naturally Infected with Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus,1758) (Trematoda: Digenea) in Argentina. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro: Ministério da Saúde. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, vol. 98, no. 7, p. 889-891.e-ISSN 1678-8060. 0074-0276 http://repositorio.unne.edu.ar/handle/123456789/49756 eng openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/ application/pdf application/pdf Ministério da Saúde. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003, vol. 98, no. 7, p. 889-891.
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topic Lymnaea columella
Fasciola hepatica infection
Argentina
spellingShingle Lymnaea columella
Fasciola hepatica infection
Argentina
Prepelitchi, Lucila
Kleiman, Florencia
Pietrokovsky, Silvia M.
Moriena, Ricardo Antonio
Racioppi, Oscar
Álvarez, José Darío
Wisnivesky Colli, Cristina
First Report of Lymnaea columella Say, 1817 (Pulmonata: Lymnaeidae) Naturally Infected with Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus,1758) (Trematoda: Digenea) in Argentina
topic_facet Lymnaea columella
Fasciola hepatica infection
Argentina
description We report the first evidence of natural infection of Lymnaea columella with Fasciola hepatica in Argentina. A sample of 601 snails was collected in May 2003 in northeastern Corrientes, a province bounded on the north by Paraguay, on the east by Brazil and on the southeast by Uruguay. Among 500 examined snails, 44 (8.8%) were exclusively infected with F. hepatica. Parasite identification was based on morphological features of cercariae from snails, and of eggs and adult flukes from Wistar rats. We discuss the events suggesting that an enzootic transmission cycle of F. hepatica has been recently established in northeastern Corrientes.
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author Prepelitchi, Lucila
Kleiman, Florencia
Pietrokovsky, Silvia M.
Moriena, Ricardo Antonio
Racioppi, Oscar
Álvarez, José Darío
Wisnivesky Colli, Cristina
author_facet Prepelitchi, Lucila
Kleiman, Florencia
Pietrokovsky, Silvia M.
Moriena, Ricardo Antonio
Racioppi, Oscar
Álvarez, José Darío
Wisnivesky Colli, Cristina
author_sort Prepelitchi, Lucila
title First Report of Lymnaea columella Say, 1817 (Pulmonata: Lymnaeidae) Naturally Infected with Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus,1758) (Trematoda: Digenea) in Argentina
title_short First Report of Lymnaea columella Say, 1817 (Pulmonata: Lymnaeidae) Naturally Infected with Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus,1758) (Trematoda: Digenea) in Argentina
title_full First Report of Lymnaea columella Say, 1817 (Pulmonata: Lymnaeidae) Naturally Infected with Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus,1758) (Trematoda: Digenea) in Argentina
title_fullStr First Report of Lymnaea columella Say, 1817 (Pulmonata: Lymnaeidae) Naturally Infected with Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus,1758) (Trematoda: Digenea) in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed First Report of Lymnaea columella Say, 1817 (Pulmonata: Lymnaeidae) Naturally Infected with Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus,1758) (Trematoda: Digenea) in Argentina
title_sort first report of lymnaea columella say, 1817 (pulmonata: lymnaeidae) naturally infected with fasciola hepatica (linnaeus,1758) (trematoda: digenea) in argentina
publisher Ministério da Saúde. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
publishDate 2022
url http://repositorio.unne.edu.ar/handle/123456789/49756
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