Title
Fishborne zoonotic trematodes transmitted by Melanoides tuberculata snails, Peru
Date Issued
01 March 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
letter
Author(s)
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher(s)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Abstract
We investigated the transmission of the fishborne trematodes Centrocestus formosanus and Haplorchis pumilio by Melanoides tuberculata snails in Peru. We report on results of experimental, morphological, and molecular approaches and discuss the potential risk for future human cases, given the existence of food habits in the country involving the ingestion of raw fish.
Start page
606
End page
608
Volume
24
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Pesquería
Ciencia veterinaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85042278733
PubMed ID
Source
Emerging Infectious Diseases
ISSN of the container
10806040
Sponsor(s)
We thank Fernando Gil and Aldo López for the authorization for the development of the research in PVWR and VWRCA, respectively. Thanks are due to the biologist Christian Carazas and the engineer José Junco for help in some sampling of snails; to Rosa Martínez for the use of the laboratory at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru; and to Airton Lobo for technical support. We are grateful to Sara Vanessa Brant for constructive suggestions in the earlier version of this work. This project was supported financially by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) (process no. 23038.005297/2011-39) and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Brazil (scholarship to E.A.P.M. and L.F.V.F.).
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