FIRST REPORT ON SURFACE ASPECTS OF Mansonella ozzardi (SPIRURIDA: ONCHOCERCIDAE) MICROFILARIAE BY SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS

Authors

  • Yara Leite Adami Laboratório de Simulídeos e Oncocercose, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Laboratório de Parasitologia, Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital Universitário Antônio Pedro, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Aleksandra Menezes de Oliveira Laboratório de Imunoparasitologia - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro- Campus UFRJ Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Reinalda Marize Lanfredi (in memorian) Laboratório de Biologia de Helmintos Otto Wucherer - Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazi
  • Marilza Maia-Herzog Laboratório de Simulídeos e Oncocercose, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/rpt.v47i3.55310

Keywords:

Mansonella ozzardi, microfilariae, Scanning Electron Microscopy, ultrastructure.

Abstract

Blood samples from Mansonella ozzardi infected volunteers from Vila Antimary (Amazonas State) were processed and a protocol to isolate and prepare microfilariae was carried out in order to perform Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis. Data obtained from ultrastructure showed some undescribed structural points of the parasite such as a dimple in the anterior end of the larva and small points –orifice-like– that may be related to amphidial structures or simply pores. Another interesting feature was the tip of the tail which is very similar to that found in the rodent parasite Dunnifilaria meningica.

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Published

2018-09-25

How to Cite

LEITE ADAMI, Y.; MENEZES DE OLIVEIRA, A.; MARIZE LANFREDI (IN MEMORIAN), R.; MAIA-HERZOG, M. FIRST REPORT ON SURFACE ASPECTS OF Mansonella ozzardi (SPIRURIDA: ONCHOCERCIDAE) MICROFILARIAE BY SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS. Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology, Goiânia, v. 47, n. 3, p. 195–198, 2018. DOI: 10.5216/rpt.v47i3.55310. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/55310. Acesso em: 2 jan. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 47 No. 3 (2018)

Section

SHORT REPORT

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