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• Rev. Bras. Zool. 15 (4) • Dec 1998 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-81751998000400030   copy

First report of thelazia californiensis price (Nematoda, Thelazioidea) in South America from the eyes of a Brazilian deer, mazama gouazoupira (Fischer) (Mammalia, Cervidae)

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Data on Thelazia californiensis Price, 1930 are presented. The importance of this eye nematode is also related to a few human cases due to this parasite in the USA. This is the first report of T. californiensis occurring in a South American host, Mazama gouazoupira (Fischer, 1814), which is also a new record for the species.

Nematode; Thelazia californiensis; mammal; deer; Brazil

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