Infection status of the estuarine turtles Kinosternon integrum and Trachemys scripta with Gnathostoma binucleatum in Sinaloa, Mexico Estado de la infección con Gnathostoma binucleatum de las tortugas estuarinas Kinosternon integrum y Trachemys scripta en Sinaloa, México

Infection status of the estuarine turtles Kinosternon integrum and Trachemys scripta with Gnathostoma binucleatum in Sinaloa, Mexico Estado de la infección con Gnathostoma binucleatum de las tortugas estuarinas Kinosternon integrum y Trachemys scripta en Sinaloa, México

Human gnathostomosis, a serious public health issue in Mexico, is endemic to Sinaloa. The disease is mainly caused by consumption of the raw meat of freshwater or estuarine fishes infected with the advanced third stage larvae (AL3) of Gnathostoma binucleatum. In the present study, we examined estuar...

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Main Authors: Sylvia Páz Díaz-Camacho, María del Carmen de la Cruz-Otero, Edith Hilario Torres-Montoya, Sergio Sánchez-Gonzales, Francisco Delgado-Vargas, Yukifumi Nawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2010-08-01
Series:Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad
Subjects:
tortugas estuarinas
Kinosternon integrum
Trachemys scripta
hospedero paraténico
Gnathostoma binucleatum
estuarine turtles
paratenic host
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1870-34532010000200025

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