title: Ichthyophonus sp. (Ichthyophonae, Ichthyophonida) infection in a South American amphibian, the hylid frog Hypsiboas pulchellus.
abstract: We report infection by Ichthyophonus sp. in a South American amphibian, the hylid frog Hypsiboas pulchellus in Uruguay. This frog had a large subcutaneous mass over the urostyle and dorsal musculature comprised of parasitic cysts with mild granulomatous inflammation but otherwise appeared healthy.
authors.affiliation: 1  Sección Herpetología, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, 25 de Mayo 582, Montevideo 1100, Uruguay.
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Borteiro
authors.forename: José Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Verdes
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: María Jesús
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Sabalsagaray
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kolenc
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martínez Debat
authors.forename: Martín
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ubilla
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D050298:Mesomycetozoea; D050738:Mesomycetozoea Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D011898:Ranidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D014583:Uruguay / Q000453:epidemiology