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SUBMITTER: Naldoni J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10950377 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Naldoni Juliana J Okamura Beth B Hartikainen Hanna H Corrêa Lincoln L LL Adriano Edson A EA
Parasitology 20201210 5
This study undertook the first investigation of malacosporean infections in Neotropical fish. We used polymerase chain reaction detection with a primer set generally targeting known malacosporeans to assay for infection in the kidney of 146 fish in 21 species belonging to 12 families collected from two areas in the Amazon Basin. Infections were found in 13 fish variously belonging to seven species in six families and included the first identification of a malacosporean infection in cartilaginous ...[more]