TY - JOUR
T1 - First finding of nymphal stages of Linguatula serrata in a South American camelid, a vicuña from Peru
AU - Gomez-Puerta, Luis A.
AU - Pacheco, Joel I.
AU - Angulo-Tisoc, José M.
AU - Lopez-Urbina, Maria T.
AU - Gonzalez, Armandoe
PY - 2017/9/15
Y1 - 2017/9/15
N2 - Linguatula serrata, a pentastomid, was found parasitizing the lungs of a vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) from Cuzco, Peru. A total of 13 larvae were found encysted in the parenchymal tissue of the lungs. All larvae were identified as nymphal stages of L. serrata by morphological methods Diagnosis was confirmed by molecular analysis amplifying the cytochrome c oxidase 1 gene of three nymphs. Nucleotide sequences from the isolates were compared to previous sequences from GenBank, and it showed high similarity between them (>99%). This finding constitutes the first detection of L. serrata in a South American camelid.
AB - Linguatula serrata, a pentastomid, was found parasitizing the lungs of a vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) from Cuzco, Peru. A total of 13 larvae were found encysted in the parenchymal tissue of the lungs. All larvae were identified as nymphal stages of L. serrata by morphological methods Diagnosis was confirmed by molecular analysis amplifying the cytochrome c oxidase 1 gene of three nymphs. Nucleotide sequences from the isolates were compared to previous sequences from GenBank, and it showed high similarity between them (>99%). This finding constitutes the first detection of L. serrata in a South American camelid.
KW - Camelid
KW - Linguatula serrata
KW - Pentastomid
KW - Vicugna vicugna
KW - Vicuña
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U2 - 10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.07.019
DO - 10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.07.019
M3 - Article
C2 - 28917312
AN - SCOPUS:85026380210
SN - 0304-4017
VL - 244
SP - 21
EP - 24
JO - Veterinary Parasitology
JF - Veterinary Parasitology
ER -