Pathology and first report of natural infections of the eye trematode Philophthalmus lachrymosus Braun, 1902 (Digenea, Philophthalmidae) in a non-human mammalian host

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 579-583

  Pinto, Roberto Magalhães ^a   Dos Santos, Leonilda Correia ^b   Tortelly, Rogerio ^c   Menezes, Rodrigo Caldas ^a   De Moraes, Wanderlei ^b   Juvenal, Julio Cesar ^d   Gomes, Delir Corrêa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Itaipu Binacional   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Digenea; Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris; Mammals; Pathology; Philophtalmus lachrymosus

Indexed keywords

AVES; DIGENEA (FLUKES); HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; MAMMALIA; PHILOPHTHALMIDAE; PHILOPHTHALMUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 27744555958     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762005000600012     Document Type: Article

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