title: Neotropical echinococcosis: second report of Echinococcus vogeli natural infection in its main definitive host, the bush dog (Speothos venaticus).
abstract: The bush dog (Speothos venaticus) acts as the natural definitive host in the life cycle of Echinococcus vogeli, the causative agent of polycystic hydatid disease, a zoonotic neglected disease in the South America. We report a case of natural infection by Echinococcus vogeli in a bush dog from the Brazilian Amazon, confirmed by the morphological and morphometric examination of adult parasites and their hooks obtained from the small intestine of the canid. Additionally, mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis corroborated these findings. This is the second report of natural infection by E. vogeli in a bush dog.
authors.affiliation: Seção de Hepatologia, Instituto Evandro Chagas/SVS/MS, CEP 66093-020, Belém, PA, Brazil. Electronic address: manoelsoares@iec.pa.gov.br.
authors.forename: Manoel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: do Carmo Pereira Soares
authors.affiliation: Seção de Hepatologia, Instituto Evandro Chagas/SVS/MS, CEP 66093-020, Belém, PA, Brazil; Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, CEP 05508-270, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alex Junior
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Souza de Souza
authors.affiliation: Seção de Hepatologia, Instituto Evandro Chagas/SVS/MS, CEP 66093-020, Belém, PA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Andreza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pinheiro Malheiros
authors.affiliation: Seção de Hepatologia, Instituto Evandro Chagas/SVS/MS, CEP 66093-020, Belém, PA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Heloisa Marceliano
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.affiliation: Seção de Hepatologia, Instituto Evandro Chagas/SVS/MS, CEP 66093-020, Belém, PA, Brazil; Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, CEP 05508-270, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Liliane
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Almeida Carneiro
authors.affiliation: Seção de Hepatologia, Instituto Evandro Chagas/SVS/MS, CEP 66093-020, Belém, PA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Max Moreira
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.affiliation: Seção de Hepatologia, Instituto Evandro Chagas/SVS/MS, CEP 66093-020, Belém, PA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bernardo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Farias da Conceição
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Gastroenterologia e Hepatologia Tropical, Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, CEP 05403-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Michele Soares
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Gomes-Gouvêa
authors.affiliation: Seção de Parasitologia, Instituto Evandro Chagas/SVS/MS, CEP 67030-000, Ananindeua, PA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marinete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marins Póvoa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D046028:Canidae; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny
keywords: Echinococcus vogeli; Hydatidosis; Polycystic Echinococcosis; Speothos venaticus; Zoonoses