south american trematodes parasites of amphibians and reptiles

226 Pages·2014·4.88 MB·English

south american
trematodes parasites
of amphiBians and reptiles

Berenice M. M. Fernandes
Anna Kohn
south american
trematodes parasites
of amphiBians and reptiles
Rio de Janeiro
Edited by Anna Kohn and Berenice M. M. Fernandes
2014

Berenice M. M. Fernandes - Senior Researcher of the “Laboratório de Helmintos Parasitos
de Peixes, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz”. [email protected]
Anna Kohn - Senior Researcher of the “Laboratório de Helmintos Parasitos de Peixes,
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz”. Fellowship I and consultor ad hoc of the “Conselho
Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq”. [email protected]
Work developed in the “Laboratório de Helmintos Parasitos de Peixes, Instituto Oswaldo
Cruz, Fiocruz”.
Ficha catalográfica elaborada pela
Biblioteca de Ciências Biomédicas/ ICICT / FIOCRUZ - RJ
K79 Kohn, Anna
South American trematodes parasites of amphibians
and reptiles / Berenice M. M. Fernandes e Anna Kohn.
– Rio de Janeiro : Oficina de Livros, 2014.
x, 228 p. : il. ; 28 cm
Bibliografia: p. 105-132
ISBN 978-85-907027-2-6
1. Trematoda. 2. Aspidogastrea. 3. Digenea. 4. Amphibia.
5. Reptilia. 6. South America I. Fernandes, Berenice M.
M. II. Título.
CDD 592.48
We dedicate this book to the memory
of our unforgetable Professors
Lauro Travassos
and
João Ferreira Teixeira de Freitas

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors are grateful to the “Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e
Tecnológico – CNPq” for the grant to Anna Kohn (301870/2009-8), to all researches which
provided literature and to Heloisa Maria N. Diniz (Laboratory for Productions and Handling
of Images, ”Instituto Oswaldo Cruz”) for the assisting with the figures and the preparation
of plates. Special thanks to “Instituto Oswaldo Cruz” and the director Dr. Wilson Savino for
this publication.