Ophidascaris robertsi
Ophidascaris robertsi es un specie de Nematoda vivente in Australia. Es un parasito del serpente Morelia spilota (en).
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| Ophidascaris robertsi (Sprent & Mines, 1960)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Amplicaecum robertsi Sprent, J.F.A. & Mines, J.J. 1960 |
Su cyclo de vita usa plure hospites:[3]
- Morelia spilota (en) es le hospite definitive: le verme adulte vive in su gastrointestinal tracto e dispersa su ovos in feces del serpente;
- iste feces contamina diverse parve mammiferos (hospites intermediari) ubi le larva pote attinger usque 7–8 cm de longe in lor thoracic o abdominal organos;[4]
- finalmente, le python se contamina quando illo ede su preda (le parve mammifero).
Human pote esser un hospite accidental del larva. Un caso es documentate in 2023: un femina de 64 annos habeva un larva in su cerebro. Sole colliger plantas Tetragonia tetragonioides (en) ubi le serpente pote se trovar. Post retiramento del larva, esseva tractate con antihelminticos e dexamethasona.[3]
Referentias
modificar- ↑ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=62083
- ↑ Species Ophidascaris robertsi (Sprent & Mines, 1960). Australian Biological Resources Study (2023).
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Mehrab E Hossain, Karina J. Kennedy, Heather L. Wilson, David Spratt, Anson Koehler, Robin B. Gasser, Jan Šlapeta, Carolyn A. Hawkins, Hari Priya Bandi & Sanjaya N. Senanayake (Sep 2023). "Human Neural Larva Migrans Caused by Ophidascaris robertsi Ascarid". Emerging Infectious Diseases 29 (9): 1900–1903. doi:. PMID 37610238.
- ↑ Agúndez MG, Rodríguez JE, Juan-Sallés C, Spratt DM (Dec 2014). "First report of parasitism by Ophidascaris robertsi (Nematoda) in a sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps, Marsupialia)". Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 45 (4): 984–986. doi:. PMID 25632698.