[Natural infection of fresh water fishes with third stage larvae of Gnathostoma spinigerum and its dynamics of transmission to man. First report in Ecuador and America].
We are presenting here an investigative study done in our country in order to demonstrate the G. spinigerum the way it is transmitted is nature; its ecosystem and the identification of the different varieties of fish that are intermediate hosts, infected with larvae. The internal and external morphology of the parasite's third larvae stage is also described.
Wenceslao Ollague
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Universidades Estatal y Católica de Guayaquil.
Eduardo Gómez
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Manuel Briones
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D000569:Americas; D000818:Animals; D004199:Disease Vectors; D004484:Ecuador; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D005618:Fresh Water; D006039:Gnathostoma / Q000502:physiology; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000635:transmission
Infección natural de peces de agua dulce con el tercer estado larvario de Gnathostoma spinigerum y su dinámica de transmisión al hombre. Primer reporte en Ecuador y América.