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Copyright Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical May/Jun 2011

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Strongyloides venezuelensis has been used as a model for studying human strongyloidosis. METHODS: This study aimed to compare the ability of predatory nematophagous fungi Duddingtonia flagrans (AC001), Arthrobotrys robusta (I-31) and Monacrosporium sinense (SF53) and on infective larvae (L3) of Strongyloides venezuelensis in laboratory conditions on 2% water-agar medium. RESULTS: At the end of the experiment, the percentage reductions of Strongyloides venezuelensi L3 were: 93% (AC001), 77.2% (I-31) and 65.2% (SF53). CONCLUSIONS: The nematophagous fungi were able to capture and destroy the L3 in vitro and can be used as biological controllers of Strongyloides venezuelensi.

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Title
Destruction of Strongyloides venezuelensis infective larvae by fungi Duddingtonia flagrans, Arthrobotrys robusta and Monacrosporium sinense
Author
Braga, Fabio Ribeiro; Araujo, Juliana Milani; Silva, André Ricardo e; Araújo, Jackson Victor de; Carvalho, Rogério Oliva; Tavela, Alexandre de Oliveira; Silva, Manoel Eduardo da; Fernandes, Fernanda Mara; Melo, Alan Lane de
Section
Communications
Publication year
2011
Publication date
May/Jun 2011
Publisher
Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
ISSN
00378682
e-ISSN
16789849
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1449155605
Copyright
Copyright Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical May/Jun 2011