Study of the ethiological agent of gnathostomosis in Nayarit, Mexico


Por: León-Règagnon V., Osorio-Sarabia D., García-Prieto L., Akahane H., Lamothe-Argumedo R., Koga M., Messina-Robles M., Alvarez-Guerrero C.

Publicada: 1 ene 2002
Resumen:
In order to clarify the specific identity of the ethiological agent of human gnathostomosis in Nayarit State, Mexico, morphological and molecular studies were conducted on advanced third stage larvae obtained from human and fish tissue. Cathorops fuerthii from Agua Brava lagoons complex, was the only fish species found to be infected among four species surveyed. Morphological variability does not allow specific identification of the larvae. Internal transcribed spacer 2 of the ribosomal DNA was sequenced for six larvae (five from fish, one from human tissue). Low divergence in the sequences of Nayarit larvae and Gnathostoma binucleatum (0.24% or less) indicate that the larvae examined belong to this species. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Filiaciones:
León-Règagnon V.:
 Laboratorio De Helmintología, Instituto De Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma De México, 70-153, Mexico, D.F., Mexico

Osorio-Sarabia D.:
 Laboratorio De Helmintología, Instituto De Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma De México, 70-153, Mexico, D.F., Mexico

García-Prieto L.:
 Laboratorio De Helmintología, Instituto De Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma De México, 70-153, Mexico, D.F., Mexico

Akahane H.:
 Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan

Lamothe-Argumedo R.:
 Laboratorio De Helmintología, Instituto De Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma De México, 70-153, Mexico, D.F., Mexico

Koga M.:
 Department of Microbiology (Parasitology), Graduate School of Medical, Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan

Messina-Robles M.:
 Departamento De Dermatología, Hospital General De Tepic, Secretaría De Salud De Nayarit, Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico

Alvarez-Guerrero C.:
 Dirección De Investigación Científica, Universidad Autónoma De Nayarit, Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico
ISSN: 13835769
Editorial
Elsevier Ireland Ltd, ELSEVIER HOUSE, BROOKVALE PLAZA, EAST PARK SHANNON, CO, CLARE, 00000, IRELAND, Irlanda
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 51 Número: 2
Páginas: 201-204
WOS Id: 000177178000008
ID de PubMed: 12113759

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