Keywords
wild rats (São Paulo)
Akoâon (Thaptomys) nigrita
Clyomys sp
Nectomys sp
Nectomys squamipes
Oryzomys sp
Proechmys iherinai
Entamoeba histolytica
Eperythrozoon sp
Haemobarionella muris
Hepaiozoon sp
Porocephalus crotali
Trypanosoma reniifoi Deane 1961
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Abstract
The finding of the following rats parasites in specímens
from the São Paulo are a, Brazil, is described in this paper: 1. Entamoeba histolytica was found in three specimens of Orpeo-
mys sp , to which it caused lesíons in the large bowel. 2. H epaiozoon sp, was found in abone marrow slide, als o per-
taíníng to an Oryzomys specírnen. 3. Haemobcrionella muris was found ín the blood of several specíes pertaíníng to genera Oryzomys, Nectomys and Clyomys. In the blood of a Nectomys squamipes, another parasite namely Eperithrozoon sp,
was also faund. 4. Trtrpanosoma renjijoi Deane. 1961 was found in the blood of a Proechmys iheringi. 5. A 6th instar Porocepluüus crotali larva was found in the lung of an Akodon (Tluiptomus ) nígrita.
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