First report of thelazia californiensis price (Nematoda, Thelazioidea) in South America from the eyes of a Brazilian deer, mazama gouazoupira (Fischer) (Mammalia, Cervidae)

Pinto, Roberto Magalhães; Vicente, Joaquim Júlio; Rodrigues, Henrique de Oliveira

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751998000400030

Abstract

Data on Thelazia californiensis Price, 1930 are presented. The importance of this eye nematode is also related to a few human cases due to this parasite in the USA. This is the first report of T. californiensis occurring in a South American host, Mazama gouazoupira (Fischer, 1814), which is also a new record for the species.

Nematode; Thelazia californiensis; mammal; deer; Brazil

First report of thelazia californiensis price (Nematoda, Thelazioidea) in South America from the eyes of a Brazilian deer, mazama gouazoupira (Fischer) (Mammalia, Cervidae)

Roberto Magalhães Pinto^I,II,^* * Corresponding author. E-mail: rmpinto@gene.dbbm.fiocruz.br ; Joaquim Júlio Vicente^I,II; Henrique de Oliveira Rodrigues^I

^ILaboratório de Helmintos Parásitos de Vertebrados, Departamento de Helmintologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Avenida Brasil 4365, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

^IICNPq research fellow

ABSTRACT

Data on Thelazia californiensis Price, 1930 are presented. The importance of this eye nematode is also related to a few human cases due to this parasite in the USA. This is the first report of T. californiensis occurring in a South American host, Mazama gouazoupira (Fischer, 1814), which is also a new record for the species.

Key words: Nematode, Thelazia californiensis, mammal, deer, Brazil.

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Recebido em 29.VIII.1997; aceito em 04.XII.1998.

ANDERSON, R.C. 1992. Nematode parasites of vertebrates. Their development and transmission. C.A.B. International, XIII + 578p.
Hosford, G.N.; M.A. Stewart & E.I. Sugarman. 1942. Eye worm (Thelazia californiensis) infection in man. Arch. Ophthalmol. 27: 1165-1170.
KIRSCHNER, B.I.; J.P. DUNN & H.B. Ostler. 1990. Conjunctivitis caused by Thelazia californiensis. Amer. Jour. Ophthalmol. 110: 573-574.
KOFOID, C.A. & O.L. WILLIAMS. 1935. The nematode Thelazia californiensis as a parasite of the eye of man in California. Arch. Ophthalmol. 13: 176-180.
PARMELEE, W.E.; R.D. LEE; E.D. WAGNER & H.S. BURNETT. 1956. A survey of Thelazia californiensis, a mammalian eye worm, with new locality records. Jour. Amer. Vet. Med. Ass. 129: 325-327.
PINTO, R.M. & J.J. VICENTE. 1995. Tetrameres (Tetrameres) spirospiculum n. sp. from the buff-necked ibis, Theristicus caudatits caadatas (Boddaert) (Aves, Threskiornithidae). Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 90: 615-617.
PINTO, R.M.; J.J. VICENTE & D. NORONHA. 1993. Nematode parasites of Brazilian psittacid birds, with emphasis on the genus Pelecitus Railliet & Henry, 1910. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 80: 279-284.
PRICE, E. W. 1930. A new nematode parasitic in the eyes of dogs in the United States. Jour. Par. 17: 112-113.
______. 1931. A new nematode parasitic in the eyes of dogs in the United States. North. Amer. Vet. 12:49-58.

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Corresponding author. E-mail:

rmpinto@gene.dbbm.fiocruz.br

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[1] ANDERSON, R.C. 1992. Nematode parasites of vertebrates. Their development and transmission. C.A.B. International, XIII + 578p.

[2] Hosford, G.N.; M.A. Stewart & E.I. Sugarman. 1942. Eye worm (Thelazia californiensis) infection in man. Arch. Ophthalmol. 27: 1165-1170.

[3] KIRSCHNER, B.I.; J.P. DUNN & H.B. Ostler. 1990. Conjunctivitis caused by Thelazia californiensis. Amer. Jour. Ophthalmol. 110: 573-574.

[4] KOFOID, C.A. & O.L. WILLIAMS. 1935. The nematode Thelazia californiensis as a parasite of the eye of man in California. Arch. Ophthalmol. 13: 176-180.

[5] PARMELEE, W.E.; R.D. LEE; E.D. WAGNER & H.S. BURNETT. 1956. A survey of Thelazia californiensis, a mammalian eye worm, with new locality records. Jour. Amer. Vet. Med. Ass. 129: 325-327.

[6] PINTO, R.M. & J.J. VICENTE. 1995. Tetrameres (Tetrameres) spirospiculum n. sp. from the buff-necked ibis, Theristicus caudatits caadatas (Boddaert) (Aves, Threskiornithidae). Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 90: 615-617.

[7] PINTO, R.M.; J.J. VICENTE & D. NORONHA. 1993. Nematode parasites of Brazilian psittacid birds, with emphasis on the genus Pelecitus Railliet & Henry, 1910. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 80: 279-284.

[8] PRICE, E. W. 1930. A new nematode parasitic in the eyes of dogs in the United States. Jour. Par. 17: 112-113.

[9] ______. 1931. A new nematode parasitic in the eyes of dogs in the United States. North. Amer. Vet. 12:49-58.