A method for estimating the density of Elaphostrongylus rangiferi larvae in reindeer faeces that have been deep frozen is described. The method involves the use of an inverted microscope with plankton counting chambers. Statistical data on the efficiency
Odd Halvorsen, K. Wissler
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Parasitism of terrestrial gastropods by medically-important nematodes in Brazil [PDF]
An ample variety of parasitic associations are found between mollusks and nematodes, in which the mollusks may act as intermediate, paratenic or definitive hosts.
Silvana C. Thiengo+14 more
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DISTRIBUTION OF PARELAPHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS (NEMATODA: METASTRONGYLOIDEA) IN WHITE-TAILED DEER FROM OKLAHOMA [PDF]
The meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) was found in 75 of 190 (39%) white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) examined in Oklahoma from 1977-81. Infections were found in deer from southeastern mixed forest, oak-hickory forest, oak-bluestem parkland and oak-hickory parkland, and not in deer from western bluestem prairie, bluestem-grama prairie
A. Alan Kocan+3 more
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Oslerus (Oslerus) brachyurus sp. nov. was collected from the mucosa of the inner surface of the trachea and bronchi of Chrysocyon brachyurus from the Atlantic forest area, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Fabiano M. Vieira+3 more
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ERRATUM: First records of molluscs naturally infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in Sergipe State, Northeastern Brazil, including new global records of natural intermediate hosts [PDF]
Silvio Santana Dolabella+11 more
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Mice as paratenic hosts of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus [PDF]
Background Several species of nematodes included in the superfamily Metastrongyloidea are recognized agents of parasitic infections in felines. Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is the most prevalent species affecting the respiratory system of domestic cats ...
Vito Colella+6 more
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Redescrição de Angiostrongylus (Parastrongylus) costaricensis isolado de novo hospedeiro silvestre, Proechimys sp., na Venezuela (Metastrongyloidea, Angiostrongylidae) [PDF]
Angiostrongylus (Parastrongylus) costaricensis, nematódeo encontrado em artérias mesentéricas do rato silvestre Proechimys sp., na Venezuela, é redescrito e colocado no subgênero Parastorngylus.Angiostrongylus (Parastrongylus) costaricensis is reported ...
Cláudia Portes Santos
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The Zoonotic Angiostrongylus cantonensis and the Veterinary Parasite Aelurostrongylus abstrusus Infecting Terrestrial Gastropods from Urban Areas of Macapá, Brazilian Amazon Region [PDF]
Metastrongyloidea includes nematodes that parasitize mammals, mainly infecting their respiratory and cardiovascular systems, and are responsible for emerging zoonosis in the world.
Tatiane Alves Barbosa+4 more
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First records of molluscs naturally infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in Northeastern Brazil, including new global records of natural intermediate hosts [PDF]
Human neural angiostrongyliasis is an emerging infectious disease caused by nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis. The present study investigated the presence of Angiostrongylus spp.
Jucicleide Ramos-de-Souza+9 more
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Redescription of Angiostrongylus (Parastrongylus) costaricensis Morera & Céspedes (nematoda, metastrongyloidea) from a brazilian strain [PDF]
Morphometric data on larval and adult specimens of Angiostrongylus (Parastrongylus) costaricensis Morera & Cespedes, 1971 recovered from Swiss albino mice experimentally infected is presented. Infective larvae were obtained from parasitized veronicellid Sarasinula marginala (Semper, 1885) maintained in the laboratory.
Silvana Carvalho Thiengo+2 more
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