Study of the ethiological agent of gnathostomosis in Nayarit, Mexico.
Parasitol Int
; 51(2): 201-4, 2002 Jun.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12113759
ABSTRACT
In order to clarify the specific identity of the etiological agent of human gnathostomosis in Nayarit State, Mexico, morphological and molecular studies were conducted on advanced third stage larvae obtained from human and fish tissue. Cathorops fuerthii from Agua Brava lagoons complex, was the only fish species found to be infected among four species surveyed. Morphological variability does not allow specific identification of the larvae. Internal transcribed spacer 2 of the ribosomal DNA was sequenced for six larvae (five from fish, one from human tissue). Low divergence in the sequences of Nayarit larvae and Gnathostoma binucleatum (0.24% or less) indicate that the larvae examined belong to this species.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções por Spirurida
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Doenças dos Peixes
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Gnathostoma
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Parasitol Int
Assunto da revista:
PARASITOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
México