Xiphidiocercariae from naturally infected Lymnaea columella naturalmente infectadas em area urbana: morfologia e ultraestrutura da larva e alteracoes histologicas do molusco hospedeiro
Urban agriculture is very common in the cities, as Rio de Janeiro and adjacencies, being important as economic activity. However, this practice can create appropriate conditions for establishment and maintenance of life cycle of many parasites. Lymneid snails can act as intermediate hosts of many tr...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Brazilian journal of biology 2019-07, Vol.79 (3), p.446 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Urban agriculture is very common in the cities, as Rio de Janeiro and adjacencies, being important as economic activity. However, this practice can create appropriate conditions for establishment and maintenance of life cycle of many parasites. Lymneid snails can act as intermediate hosts of many trematodes species, including those that infect humans and wild and domestic. In the present study, the snail Lymnaea columella was collected from an urban watercress plantations and the morphology of cercariae released by them was analyzed by light and scanning electron microscopy. The specimens were identified as xiphidiocercariae, belonging to the Cercariae Ornatae group, of the order Plagiorchiiformes. Histological examination of the digestive gland of the infected snails revealed the presence of developing sporocysts, with hemocitary infiltration and metaplasia in the epithelial tissue. Keywords: Lymnaeidae, Trematoda, cercariae, histology. Agricultura urbana e muito comum nas cidades, como Rio de Janeiro e adjacencias, sendo uma importante atividade economica de subsistencia. No entanto, esta pratica pode criar condicoes adequadas para o estabelecimento e manutencao do ciclo de vida de muitos parasitos. Os moluscos limneideos podem atuar como hospedeiros intermedios de muitas especies de trematodeos, incluindo aqueles que infectam humanos e animais selvagens e domesticos. No presente estudo, o molusco Lymnaea columella foi coletado de plantacoes urbanas de agriao e a morfologia das cercarias liberadas por eles foi analisada por microscopia eletronica de varredura leve e de varredura. As larvas foram identificadas como xifidiocercarias, pertencentes ao grupo das Cercariae Ornatae, Ordem Plagiorchiiformes. Analises histologicas da glandula digestiva dos moluscos infectados evidenciaram esporocistos, com formacao de granuloma e metaplasia do tecido epitelial. Palavras-chave: limneideos, Trematoda, cercaria, histologia. |
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ISSN: | 1519-6984 |
DOI: | 10.1590/1519-6984.182501 |