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JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
Volume 94, Issue 2, Pages 149-152Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2006.10.001
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endosymbionts; Ctenocephalides felis felis; gregarines; Nolleria pulicis; Leptomonas sp.; Dipylidium caninum; seasonal prevalence
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Specimens of fleas Ctenocephalides felis felis (1052 female/448 male), obtained from 150 dogs in Centro de Controle de Zoonoses de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, were dissected and examined for endosymbionts. Three protozoan, Nolleria pulicis, a gregarine (Actinocephalidae) and Leptomonas sp., together with one cestode, Dipylidium caninum were identified. Infections by N. pulicis and Leptomonas sp. occurred mainly in the warm-rainy period. The prevalence and distribution of these enclosymbionts in fleas derived from Brazil and South America, and the their variation according to sex and season, are reported for the first time. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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