title: Trypanoxyuris (Paraoxyuronema) lagothricis (Nematoda: Oxyuridae) in Lagothrix cana (Primates: Atelidae) from Brazil.
abstract: During necropsy of a specimen of Lagothrix cana (É. Geoffroy, 1812) (Primates: Atelidae) from the Brazilian Amazon, pinworms were found in the large intestine. The intensity of infection was 64 parasites (17 males and 47 females) and there were no gross pathological changes related to parasitism. After morphological analysis the parasites were identified as Trypanoxyuris (Paraoxyuronema) lagothricis (Buckley, 1931) (Nematoda: Oxyuridae). This is the first record of this oxyurid species in primates in Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. hudsonalves13@ig.com.br
authors.forename: Hudson Alves
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Francisco Carlos
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Ferreira Junior
authors.forename: Vitor Luís Tenório
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Mati
authors.forename: Alan Lane de
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Melo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D051077:Atelidae; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D010123:Oxyuriasis / Q000662:veterinary*; D010124:Oxyuroidea