A paruterinid metacestode in the liver of a Neotropical bat (Molossus molossus)

We describe a case of microscopic liver lesion caused by larval cestode in a frugivorous bat (Molossus molossus) from the Western Brazilian Amazon. Histopathological analysis of liver indicated the occurrence of metacestode associated with multifocal histiocytic response and the phylogenetic analysi...

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Autores: Souza, Alex Junior Souza de, Malheiros, Andreza Pinheiro, Alves, Max Moreira, Chagas, André Antônio Corrêa das, Sá, Lilian Rose Marques de, Soares, Manoel do Carmo Pereira
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Recursos:Instituto Evandro Chagas (IEC)
Repositorio:Repositório Digital do Instituto Evandro Chagas (Patuá)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:patua.iec.gov.br:iec/3612
Acesso em linha:https://patua.iec.gov.br/handle/iec/3612
Access Level:acceso embargado
Palavra-chave:Quirópteros / anatomia & histologia
Fígado / lesões
Fígado / parasitologia
Cysticercus / parasitologia
Descrição
Resumo:We describe a case of microscopic liver lesion caused by larval cestode in a frugivorous bat (Molossus molossus) from the Western Brazilian Amazon. Histopathological analysis of liver indicated the occurrence of metacestode associated with multifocal histiocytic response and the phylogenetic analysis of Cox-I and 18S rDNA genes indicated that the parasite belonged to the family Paruterinidae. This is the first identification of cestodes of the family Paruterinidae in bats and may suggest a broad range of paruterinid tapeworm hosts to be investigated in the Brazilian Amazon.