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Provedor de dados: | Acta Amazonica
País: | Brazil
Título: | First report of Myxobolus (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) spores in human feces in Brazil
Autores: | REIS,Lisiane Lappe dos; JESUS,Lucas Carvalho de; FERNANDES,Ormezinda Celeste Christo; BARROSO,David Eduardo.
Data: | 2019-04-01
Ano: | 2019
Palavras-chave: | Myxosporean; Human infection; Amazon; Fish consumption.
Resumo: | ABSTRACT Most species of Myxobolus (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) infect freshwater and marine fish, and cause sporozoosis. Passage of myxozoan parasites into human feces has been described occasionally. We examined fecal samples from 97 dwellers of a riverine community in Amazonas State (Brazil), which revealed Myxobolus sp. in 13 (13%) samples. The discovery probably does not represent true parasitism as the myxospores - most likely ingested through the consumption of infected fish - were eliminated unchanged after passing through the gastrointestinal tract. This discovery represents the first report of this myxosporean in human fecal samples in Brazil.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/report
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672019000200162
Editor: | Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Relação: | 10.1590/1809-4392201802671
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Acta Amazonica  v.49 n.2 2019
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess