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11769295

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-21
pubmed:abstractText
An epidemiological study on dicrocoeliosis caused by Dicrocoelium dendriticum was carried out on sheep, molluscs and ants in the mountains of León province (NW Spain) between 1987-1991. The results concerning the intermediate hosts and a review of some aspects of dicrocoeliosis are summarized. Mollusc collection for the helminthological study was random throughout the study area at fortnightly intervals. Twenty-nine Gastropoda species were identified. D. dendriticum infection was only detected in 2.98%, of the 2084 Helicella itala examined and in 1.06% of 852 H. corderoi. The highest infection prevalence was detected in H. itala in September and in H. corderoi in February. Daughter sporocysts with well-developed cercariae predominated in spring and autumn. Infection prevalence increased with mollusc age and size. Ants were collected from anthills or plants to which they were attached. The behaviour of ants in tetania was followed. Twenty-one Formicidae species were identified, but only the following harboured D. dendriticum: Formica cunicularia (1158 examined specimens, 0.69% infection prevalence, 2-56 metacercariae per ant); F. sanguinea (234, 1.28%, 2-63); F. nigricans (1770, 4.97%, 1-186); F. rufibarbis (288, 6.59%, 2-107). In a flat area close to León town, 95.39% of the 2085 F. rufibarbis specimens collected in tetania contained metacercariae (1-240) in the abdomen. These were used for parasite characterization by isoelectric focusing and to infect lambs and hamsters. Only one brainworm per ant was found.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0031-1820
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
123 Suppl
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S91-114
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Contributions to and review of dicrocoeliosis, with special reference to the intermediate hosts of Dicrocoelium dendriticum.
pubmed:affiliation
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Estación Agrícola Experimental, León, Spain. y.manga@eae.csic.es
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't