title: Helminths of white-bellied opossum from Brazil.
abstract: Helminths were collected from 22 specimens of the white-bellied opossum (Didelphis albiventris) captured in the region of Pampulha (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), from May 1985 to March 1995. Ten species of helminths were collected; these included Rhopalias coronatus, Brachylaema migrans, Aspidodera raillieti, Cruzia tentaculata, Turgida turgida, Gongylonema sp., Viannaia hamata, Travassostrongylus orloffi, Trichuris didelphis and Capillaria sp.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Medicina Veterinária, UNIFENAS-Rodovia MG, Alfenas, Brasil. gloriaqs@mono.icb.ufmg.br
authors.forename: M da G
authors.initials: Mda G
authors.lastname: Quintão e Silva
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D006376:Helminths / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D009348:Nematoda / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary; D009893:Opossums / Q000469:parasitology*; D014200:Trematoda / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary