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A paruterinid metacestode in the liver of a Neotropical bat (Molossus molossus)
Alex Junior Souza de Souza1, Andreza Pinheiro Malheiros2, Max Moreira Alves2
1Hepatology Section, Evandro Chagas Institute, Secretary of Health Surveillance, Ministry of Health, Av. Almirante Barroso 492, 66093-020 Belém, Brazil; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo. Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva 87, 05508-270 São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract:
We describe a case of microscopic liver lesion caused by larval cestode in a frugivorous bat (Molossus molossus) from the Western Brazilian Amazon. Histopathological analysis of liver indicated the occurrence of metacestode associated with multifocal histiocytic response and the phylogenetic analysis of Cox-I and 18S rDNA genes indicated that the parasite belonged to the family Paruterinidae. This is the first identification of cestodes of the family Paruterinidae in bats and may suggest a broad range of paruterinid tapeworm hosts to be investigated in the Brazilian Amazon.
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