title: Toxocara cati (Nematoda: Ascarididae) in Didelphis albiventris (Marsupialia: Didelphidae) from Brazil: a case of pseudoparasitism.
abstract: Eggs of Toxocara cati were found in the feces of Didelphis albiventris from a peridomestic urban environment in Brazil. Negative fecal tests following short-term captivity of the opossums, as well as the absence of ascaridids during necropsy, suggest the occurrence of pseudoparasitism. Implications of the findings for the epidemiology of toxocariasis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Taxonomia e Biologia de Invertebrados, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Hudson Alves
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Taxonomia e Biologia de Invertebrados, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Vitor Luís Tenório
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Mati
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Taxonomia e Biologia de Invertebrados, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Alan Lane de
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Melo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D048293:Didelphis / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D014119:Toxocara / Q000302:isolation & purification*