Aberrant migration by Toxocara pteropodis in flying-foxes--two case reports |
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Authors: | P Prociv |
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Institution: | Department of Parasitology, University of Queensland, St Lucia Australia. |
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Abstract: | Adults of the large nematode, Toxocara pteropodis, have not previously been reported from extra-intestinal sites in their hosts, juvenile flying-foxes (fruit-bats of the genus Pteropus). In one captive bat which died unexpectedly, a nematode was found coiled within the gall bladder and common bile duct; in another a nematode was in the esophagus and protruded into the laryngopharynx. Like other ascaridoids, this species is capable of aberrant migration. |
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