| dc.creator | Pereira, Glauber Rocha | |
| dc.creator | Soares, Priscilla | |
| dc.creator | Gomes, Marcelo Quintela | |
| dc.creator | Viana, Lúcio André | |
| dc.creator | Manso, Pedro Paulo de Abreu | |
| dc.creator | Machado, Marcelo Pelajo | |
| dc.creator | Paiva, Fernando | |
| dc.creator | Oliveira, Ricardo Lourenço de | |
| dc.date | 2016-02-02T12:35:36Z | |
| dc.date | 2016-02-02T12:35:36Z | |
| dc.date | 2014 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-26T20:19:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-09-26T20:19:22Z | |
| dc.identifier | PEREIRA, Glauber Rocha; et al. Are fish paratenic natural hosts of the caiman haemoparasite Hepatozoon caimani ?. Parasitol Res., v.113, p.39-45, 2014. | |
| dc.identifier | 0932-0113 | |
| dc.identifier | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/12679 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.1007/s00436-013-3623-9 | |
| dc.identifier | 1432-1955 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8854200 | |
| dc.description | The susceptibility of two fish and four mosquito
species to the Caiman yacare haemoparasite Hepatozoon
caimani was experimentally investigated. Mosquitoes belonging
to four species (Aedes fluviatilis, Aedes albopictus,
Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus) were blood-fed
on two naturally infected C. yacare from the Central-West
Region of Brazil that exhibited distinct levels of parasitaemia:
caimans A (11.05 %) and B (1.25 %). None of the engorged
A. fluviatilis, A. albopictus or A. aegypti mosquitoes fed on
caiman A survived for the duration of the sporogonic cycle;
the great majority of the engorged mosquitoes died within
48 h of the blood meal. All A. aegypti fed on caiman B were
negative, whereas 91.3 % of dissected C. quinquefasciatus fed
on the same caiman contained oocysts. Characid fish—
Metynnis sp. and Astyanax sp.—were individually fed with
C. quinquefasciatus females previously engorged (21–23 days)
on caiman B. No parasite was found in the Astyanax fish. By
contrast, 100 % of the Metynnis fish depicted numerous cysts
harbouring cystozoites identical to those of H. caimani, even
more than 8 months after the ingestion of the infected mosquitoes.
The cysts were located near the veins of the liver and, in
some cases, close to the tunica intima of these vessels. No
inflammatory reaction was observed. Gametocytes were observed
in the blood smears of juvenile caimans that had
ingested infected fish 9–12 weeks earlier. The potential role
of fish as paratenic vertebrate hosts of H. caimani in nature is
discussed. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Springer Verlag | |
| dc.rights | restricted access | |
| dc.subject | Peixes | |
| dc.subject | Hospedeiros | |
| dc.subject | Caiman haemoparasite | |
| dc.subject | Paratenic vertebrate hosts | |
| dc.subject | Fish | |
| dc.subject | Hepatozoon caimani | |
| dc.subject | Mosquitoes | |
| dc.title | Are fish paratenic natural hosts of the caiman haemoparasite Hepatozoon caimani ? | |
| dc.type | Article | |
