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Precocity of Gnathostoma turgidum in naturally infected four-eyed opossum Philander opossum pallidus from Temascal, Oaxaca, Mexico

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Two female advanced third-stage larvae of Gnathostoma turgidum recovered from the liver of one naturally infected four-eyed opossum Philander opossum pallidus collected in Oaxaca, Mexico, were morphologically examined. Because of some characteristics, the larvae do not fit into the typical advanced third-stage. The body shows a size at least three times larger than expected and rows of spines only in the anterior part of the body surface. Consequently, in this research, we document for the first time the precocity in third-stage larvae of G. turgidum, and we also highlight some facts about the fourth larval stage occurring in spirurins.

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Acknowledgments

Thanks are rendered to Téc. Hist. Saúl Cortés Suárez, Laboratorio de Histopatología, Departamento de Producción Agrícola y Animal, UAM-Xochimilco, México, for his expert technical assistance with some of the microphotographs. The animal sacrifices carried out met the terms of international regulations and Mexican protocols.

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  1. Laboratorio de Sanidad Acuícola y Parasitología Molecular, Departamento El Hombre y su Ambiente, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Calzada del Hueso No. 1100, Col. Villa Quietud, Delegación Coyoacán, 04960, México, D. F., Mexico

    Roberto Javier Almeyda-Artigas

  2. Departamento El Hombre y su Ambiente, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Calzada del Hueso No. 1100, Col. Villa Quietud, Delegación Coyoacán, 04960, México, D. F., Mexico

    Miguel Ángel Mosqueda-Cabrera

  3. Asesores en Medio Ambiente Educación y Tecnología, Edificio 51A-201, Lindavista-Vallejo, Delegación Gustavo A Madero, 07720, México, D.F., Mexico

    Edmundo Sánchez-Núñez

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Almeyda-Artigas, R.J., Mosqueda-Cabrera, M.Á. & Sánchez-Núñez, E. Precocity of Gnathostoma turgidum in naturally infected four-eyed opossum Philander opossum pallidus from Temascal, Oaxaca, Mexico. Parasitol Res 106, 439–443 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-009-1682-8

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