Article
Cryptic diversity in a gastrointestinal acanthocephalan of New World primates from Costa Rica
2022-10-28
Abstract excerpt
Prosthenorchis elegans is a worm of the family Archiacanthocephala that infects non-human primates in the Americas, producing an intestinal pathology that may compromise the life of its hosts. Squirrel monkeys, Saimiri oerstedii citrinellus , were found with P. elegans in Costa Rica. Histopathological analysis revealed a severe pyogranulomatous response composed by macrophages, neutrophils, eosinophils, fibroblast...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 305e8b52-4ec2-5022-a896-cf6766ade47e
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2187163/v1
