Journal of medical primatologyAnimalsBrazilMicrofilariaeMonkey DiseasesSaguinus
Incidental Detection of Microfilariae in Saguinus bicolor and Saguinus midas From Central Amazon.
Christiano T Figueiredo, David F Conga, Larissa Q Pereira, Alessandra Ferreira Dales Nava, Marcelo Gordo
Published: 202610.1111/jmp.70060
Abstract
Open AccessCallitrichid primates Saguinus bicolor and Saguinus midas from urban accidents in peri-urban forests from Central Amazon were necropsied. Analysis of thoracic and peritoneal fluid showed that 56.5% (13/23) of S. bicolor individuals and 13.3% (4/30) of S. midas individuals had the presence of Dipetalonema and Mansonella (Tetrapetalonema) microfilariae.