BERTIELLOSIS IN BRAZILIAN NON-HUMAN PRIMATES: NATURAL INFECTION IN Alouatta guariba clamitans (CABRERA, 1940) (PRIMATES: ATELIDAE) IN SANTA CATARINA STATE, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Julio César de Souza Júnior
  • Juliane Araújo Greinert Goulart Goulart
  • Sandra Varnier Varnier
  • Guillermo Denegri
  • Hercílio Higino da Silva Filho Silva Filho
  • Zelinda Maria Braga Hirano Hirano

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/rpt.v37i1.4031

Keywords:

Bertiella mucronata, Alouatta guariba clamitans, Natural environment, Captivity, Zoonotic potential.

Abstract

The first case of parasitism by Bertiella mucronata (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) in Brazilian non-human primates, Alouatta guariba clamitans (Cabrera 1940) (Primates: Atelidae), from Santa Catarina State, is here reported. Free-ranging monkeys from three different cities of the Itajaí-Açu River Valley region were found to be infected. Prevalence and daily elimination of proglottids in 28 captive howler monkeys are described. We warn about the possibility of human bertiellosis in this region. This information should be utilized in sanitary evaluations of A. clamitans specimes submitted to translocation or reintroduction programs.

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Published

2008-06-09

How to Cite

SOUZA JÚNIOR, J. C. de; GOULART, J. A. G. G.; VARNIER, S. V.; DENEGRI, G.; SILVA FILHO, H. H. da S. F.; HIRANO, Z. M. B. H. BERTIELLOSIS IN BRAZILIAN NON-HUMAN PRIMATES: NATURAL INFECTION IN Alouatta guariba clamitans (CABRERA, 1940) (PRIMATES: ATELIDAE) IN SANTA CATARINA STATE, BRAZIL. Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology, Goiânia, v. 37, n. 1, p. 48–56, 2008. DOI: 10.5216/rpt.v37i1.4031. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/4031. Acesso em: 23 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 1 (2008)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

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