Pathology and first report of natural infections of the eye trematode Philophthalmus lachrymosus Braun, 1902 (Digenea, Philophthalmidae) in a non-human mammalian host

The avian eye trematode Philophthalmus lachrymosus Braun, 1902 is for the first time referred naturally occurring in a non-human mammalian host. Previously, natural infections with P. lachrymosus and other species of Philophthalmus have been occasionally reported from man, with few data on experimen...

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Main Authors: Roberto Magalhães Pinto, Leonilda Correia dos Santos, Rogerio Tortelly, Rodrigo Caldas Menezes, Wanderlei de Moraes, Julio Cesar Juvenal, Delir Corrêa Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2005-10-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762005000600012&lng=en&tlng=en