Title
Co-infection with filarial nematodes in Sapajus macrocephalus and Cebus albifrons (Primates: Cebidae) from the Peruvian Amazon
Date Issued
02 April 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Conga D.F.
Furtado A.P.
Giese E.G.
Santos J.N.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Publisher(s)
Cambridge University Press
Abstract
Dipetalonema caudispina (Molin, 1858) and D. gracile (Rudolphi, 1809) (Filarioidea: Onchocercidae) are two of six known species of filarial nematodes that parasitize Neotropical non-human primates. Adult filariae were collected from the thoracic and abdominal cavities of 38 of 44 specimens of Sapajus macrocephalus (Spix, 1823) and nine of ten specimens of Cebus albifrons (Humboldt, 1812) (Primates: Cebidae), distributed in the Yavarí-Mirín river basin and used locally for human consumption. Co-occurrence of D. caudispina and D. gracile is reported for the first time, with a prevalence of 18.5% (10 of 54 hosts examined). Our finding of D. caudispina and D. gracile in cebids from the Peruvian Amazon constitutes a new geographical record for both filariae, two new host records for D. caudispina, and the first report of D. gracile in S. macrocephalus. In addition, we provide morphometric data for D. caudispina, complementing the original description, as well as scanning electron microscopy details on the structure of the area rugosa and number of caudal papillae in males.
Start page
1
End page
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Parasitología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85044622691
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Helminthology
ISSN of the container
0022149X
Sponsor(s)
This study was funded by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior-CAPES-Brazil (grant CAPES-Parasitologia Basica/2010), Grant PAPQ 2017-PROPESP/UFPA, and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico- CNPq-Brazil, Research Grant for the work of J. N. Santos).
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