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Exfoliative colpocytology: a method for the diagnosis of Capuchin monkey filariasis?
N B Mussart de Coppo1, J A Coppo
1Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Facultad de Cíencias Veterinarias, Corrientes, Argentina.
Veterinary Parasitology
|July 1, 1992
Abstract:
During vaginal fluid examinations (Papanicolaou) to study the physiological sexual cycle of Cebus sp., abundant Dipetalonema gracile microfilariae (110-160 microns x 4-5 microns, without a sheath) were encountered in the genital fluid, but not in peripheral blood. Considering the great difficulty in diagnosing this obscure parasitosis, exfoliative colpocytology was found to be an efficient diagnostic.