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[Sparganosis in some Brazilian vertebrates. Difficulties in the identification of Luheella (Spirometra) species]
1Departamento de Helmintologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
Some species of Amphibia and Reptilia are listed as new hosts of spargana, from material deposited in the Helminthological Collection of Oswaldo Cruz Institute. It is discussed the difficulties in identifying the larvae (Sparganum) and also the identification of adults of Luheella species from South America. The histopathology induced by spargana in the liver of a species of Amphibia is briefly described.