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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-2
pubmed:abstractText
A new species of trypanosome, Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) peba, is described from the peripheral blood of the armadillo Euphractus sexcinctus setosus from Bahia State, Brazil. Ten out of 29 specimens of the armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus from Pará State were found to have trypanosomes, including epimastigote forms, in impression smears of subcutaneous lymph nodes. The trypanosomes from D. novemcinctus are illustrated and were identified as belonging to the subgenus Megatrypanum on the basis of their general appearance, although they failed to multiply in blood-agar culture medium and no bloodstream forms were seen. This is the first published record of trypanosomes of this subgenus from armadillos and the first demonstration of epimastigote trypanosomes in the mammalian host other than in the bloodstream, or in the anal glands of opossums.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0074-0276
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
85
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
407-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Trypanosomes of the subgenus Megatrypanum from armadillos (Xenarthra:Dasypodidae).
pubmed:affiliation
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Departamento de Ciências da Saúde, Manaus, AM, Brasil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't